Provoking the Field : International Perspectives on Visual Arts PhDs in Education

Provoking the Fieldinvites debate on, and provides an essential resource for, transnational arts-based scholars engaged in critical analyses of international visual arts education and its enquiry in doctoral research. Divided into three parts - doctoral processes, doctoral practices and doctoral programmes - the volume interrogates education in both formal and informal learning environments, ranging from schools to post-secondary institutions to community and adult education.This book brings together a global range of authors to examine visual arts PhDs using diverse theoretical perspectives; innovative arts and hybrid methodologies; institutional relationships and scholarly practices; and voices from the field in the form of site-specific cases. A compendium of leading voices in arts education,Provoking the Fieldprovides a diverse range of perspectives on arts enquiry, and a comprehensive study of the state of visual arts PhDs in education. [Publisher's text]

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