Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Editorial: the art of assessment - focusing research assessment from different perspectives Halina Dunin-Woyseth Nel Janssens Fredrik Nilsson ix
List of contributors xxi
Section 1 Framing 'doctorateness' 1
1 Doctorateness: where should we look for evidence? Michael Biggs 3
2 Emerging epistemic communities and cultures of evidence: on the practice of assessment of research in the creative fields Halina Dunin-Woyseth Fredrik Nilsson 15
3 Setting the scene: the development of formal frameworks for doctorates in Europe Anne Solberg 33
Section 2 Various experiences, cases and concerns 49
4 Criteria for 'doctorateness' in the creative fields: a focus on architecture Oya Atalay Franck 51
5 Preserving openness in design research in architecture Murray Fraser 69
6 Design practice research in architecture and design at RMIT University: discovery, reflection and assessment Colin Fudge Adriana Partal 85
7 Doctoral scholarship in popular music performance Tor Dybo 101
8 Exploring, enhancing and evaluating musical 'doctorateness': perspectives on performance and composition Karen Burland Michael Spencer Luke Windsor 114
9 Constructing publics as a key to doctoral research: a discussion of two PhD projects engaging in societal issues with artistic and design-based methods Liesbeth Huybrechts Marijn Van De Weijer 129
Section 3 Doctorateness to come? 145
10 Non-observational research: a possible future route for knowledge acquisition in architecture and the arts Nfi Janssens Gerard De Zeeuw 147
11 When will it thunder? Rolf Hughes 159
12 Precision: the compositional accuracy of artistic judgement Catharina Dyrssen 175
Index 190