Transatlantic Reflections on the Practice-Based PhD in Fine Art
Department
Marketing Communication
Author(s)
Paul Hackett and Jessica Schwarzenbach
Resource Type
Other
Publication, Publisher or Distributor
Routledge
Publication Date
2015
Brief Description
Using historical, political, and social frameworks, this book investigates the evolution of the fine art doctorate in the UK, what the concept of a PhD means to practicing artists from the US, and why this degree disappeared in the US when it is so vigorously embraced in the UK and other countries. Data collected through in-depth interviews examine the perspectives of professional artists in the US who teach graduate level fine art. These interviews disclose conflicting attitudes toward this advanced degree and reveal the possibilities and challenges of developing a potential doctorate in studio art in the US.
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