Learning Diary Entry 4.

I now feel comfortable with my research knowledge and by reading and analysing others literature and theories I have discovered how to construct my research. I have also brainstormed what must be considered when deciding on my project proposal.
After spending much time brain storming Research questions I have decided on my Project Proposal Question:

• What motivates an individual to strive for a career in dance or drama.


I decided to research further in to the field that my project question would be based and perhaps discover techniques, instruments and general performing information that I may not have considered. Whilst doing so I came across a company called ResCen. This is abbreviated from the full term as the centre of research into creation in the performing arts.
From this site I learned some key research tools which I think may be useful towards my Project.
Knowledge generation
A key part of ResCen’s work is to generate and analyse knowledge through reflection on process, as well as one-to-one, group discussions and presentations by ResCen artists, invited guests and audience members.
A number of events have been presented in which artists discuss and examine particular processes that form and influence their work. These include:

• Nightwalking conference/symposium a three-day, artist-led event that included podium discussions, presentations, installations and performances in and around the South Bank Centre and Greenwich Dance Agency.

• an on-going series of public seminars and workshops in which the ResCen artists discuss particular issues and themes within their creative process including: intuition, the role of play, the artist as catalyst, motivation, making space. Guest speakers from other disciplines have contributed to many of these discussions.

In addition to our extensive public conference, seminar and workshop series, ResCen has begun to develop seminars for delegates from key performing arts institutions, research centres and organisations, as well as funders and policy makers, to discuss past, current and future policy issues that affect artists' practice.