Performing Arts to Academia - Creativity to Conformity?

Miller Judd, Pauline

Abstract

For delivery of practice based degrees in performing arts, Universities often seek to employ lecturerswith a strong professional profile which is considered to add value to the student experience. The performing arts employment context is one which is volatile and unstable, but one where individuals feel their creativity is in demand. In this study, participants’ gave their rationale for a move to academia as a desire to create stability and security, but they find themselves in a neo-liberal work environment where they have to navigate insecurity and increasing demands to conform and perform in a culture of audit and accountability. This study focuses on the transition between these two work environments and explores the ways performing arts academics attempt to navigate the academic environment, and the impact this has on their identity.

Citation

Miller Judd, P. (2019, December). Performing Arts to Academia - Creativity to Conformity?. Paper presented at Society of Research in Higher Education Annual Conference, Newport

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: Society of Research in Higher Education Annual Conference
• Start Date: Dec 11, 2019
• End Date: Dec 13, 2019
• Deposit Date: May 21, 2021
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2667502
• Publisher URL: https://srhe.ac.uk/arc/conference2019/abstracts/0193.pdf