LATEST EDITION ABOUT NITRO ARCHIVES GET NITRO EMAILS ADD YOUR VOICE TO NITRO CONTACT ABOUT THE DDCA Embedded research(ers) October 04, 2019 By Professor Jen Webb In the mid-1990s I embarked on a doctorate, deploying social research to study the field of artistic production. In the mid-2000s I embarked on a second doctorate, deploying creative writing to study questions of embodiment. The motivation for each project was similar: I wanted to investigate a phenomenon with the intention of finding answers to questions I had, which I thought had value beyond satisfying my own curiosity. During my first candidature I was deeply embedded in the arts sector; during the second I was pretty much ensconced in the ivory tower. But during each, if asked “whose project is it, anyway?”, I would have responded “Mine”. If I were beginning my doctoral education now, it is likely I would pursue pretty much the same engagement process; but my university would be more concerned to ensure the relationship was appropriately established, and my supervisor would need to report on it. It seems to me that the Engagement and Impact (E&I) agenda, and the policies and regulations that undergird it, make explicit and reportable what many researchers and research students – like me – have been doing anyway You can receive NiTRO - the DDCA's publication and platform for academics in the creative arts - in your inbox. . Sign up now ×