Group
Creative Practices, Methods & Analysis
Unit(s) of assessment: Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
Research theme(s): Digital, Technology and Creative
School: School of Art & Design
Consisting of creative practitioners, practice-based researchers and scholars concerned with creative practices, the Creative Practices, Methods & Analysis research cluster is at the cutting edge of creativity at NTU. Expertise in the cluster is centred around creativity: whether by producing research-informed creative outputs, or by employing creative practices as a research method. The analysis of creative practices in historical, political and cultural contexts also forms a key part of what the research cluster excels at.
The research cluster defines creative practices in a broad sense, including for instance digital arts, photography, graphic novels, film, sound, performance, illustration and graphic design. Whilst such creative practices are frequently encountered in day-to-day life, their capacity to have wide-reaching political, social and even ideological effects remain under-researched. The research cluster is attentive to and highly knowledgeable of the effects that creative practices can have in our world today.
The cluster has an established track record for internationally leading research that challenges and expands upon traditional academic conventions. With creativity engrained in the way the cluster views, produces and disseminates research, interdisciplinary research is not just welcomed, it is actively encouraged. Consequently, the cluster has a very strong track record of collaboration with research partners in a wide range of disciplines including architecture, science, technology, humanities, social sciences, law, business as well as with industry.
The research cluster consolidates the wide range of internationally leading research in relation to creative practices at NTU. Staff situated within the cluster very much welcome enquiries from prospective PhD applicants. Building interdisciplinary collaboration across the University as well as with external partners is a key priority for the research cluster. General enquiries can be directed to Marco Bohr at marco.bohr@ntu.ac.uk.
Self-funded PhD Opportunities
Please see below a list of self-funded PhD opportunities developed by researchers in the CPMA research cluster. These opportunities are open-ended and we welcome enquiries throughout the year. Anyone interested in applying to our PhD programme should contact the researcher listed on the PhD opportunity webpage.
Dissenting Graphic Illustration in Eastern Europe
Film Visions and Pushing Boundaries
Photography, Landscape and Trauma
Photography and the Digital Body
Visual Culture and Japan: Context, Critique and Analysis
Visual Culture in Times of Political Change
Visual Memes and Viral Images: Analysis, Discourse, Politics
Visual Propaganda and the Covid-19 Crisis - A Critical Inquiry
Research Themes
Digital, Technology and Creative
Our digital, technology and creative research pushes the limits of virtual reality, artificial intelligence and digital design, shaping the future of creative expression and immersive experiences.
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Publications
Adlam, C. (2024). "The Bobrov Affair: Creating a Graphic Novel Adaptation of a 'Lost' Russian-Empire Crime Novel." In: Wells-Lassagne, S., Aymes, S. (eds) Adaptation and Illustration. Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 199-216. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-32134-4_10
Adlam, C; Whitehead, C. (2024). "Lost Detectives: Intermedial Adaptations of Nineteenth-century Russian Crime Fiction. A Conversation", Adaptation, 17. 1: 21–34, https://doi.org/10.1093/adaptation/apad033
Bohr, M. (2024), Visual Counterculture in Japan: Political Shifts and the Dynamics of Resistance. London: Bloomsbury.
Bohr, M. (ed.) (2022), Capture Japan: Visual Culture and the Global Imagination from 1952 to the Present. London: Bloomsbury.
McConnell, S., 2016. Creating the illusion of movement: how do children's illustrated books embody visual sequential movement? Interjuli, 02/16, pp. 104-123. ISSN 1868-2049
McConnell, S., 2019. Illustration in motion: sequential momentum in children's illustrated books. In: Male, A., ed., A companion to illustration. Blackwell companions to art history. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781119185581
Find out about our researchers
Dr. Marco Bohr
Associate Professor
Design and Digital Arts
Carol Adlam
Associate Professor
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Emily Andersen
Senior Lecturer
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Cüneyt Çakırlar
Associate Professor
Department of Journalism and Media
Begüm Eken
Senior Lecturer
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Lars Koens
Senior Lecturer
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Hannah Halliday
Principal Lecturer
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Jonathan Hamilton
Senior Lecturer
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Martine Hamilton Knight
Senior Lecturer
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Sarah McConnell
Senior Lecturer
Nottingham School of Art & Design
George Miles
Senior Lecturer
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Timothy Rundle
Principal Lecturer
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Isabel Story
Senior Lecturer
Nottingham School of Art & Design
David Downes
Senior Lecturer
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Francesca Hardy
Senior Lecturer
Department of Journalism and Media
Hui-Ying Kerr
Senior Lecturer
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Madeleine Burt
Lecturer
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Max Kandhola
Associate Professor
D&DA Design & Digital Arts
Jacqueline Kirk
Associate Professor
Nottingham Business School
Lucian Milasan
Senior Lecturer
School of Social Sciences
Tonya Outtram
Vanessa Brown
Senior Lecturer
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Kevin Hunt
Senior Lecturer
Nottingham School of Art & Design
Steven Jones
Principal Lecturer
School of Social Sciences
Current PhD candidates:
- Sam Coope (PGR)
- Marion Derouineau (PGR)
- Lucia Hubinska (PGR)
- Jack Cole (PGR)
- Tamsin Johnson (PGR)
- Zeynep Serinkaya Winter (PGR)
Related Projects:
Adlam, C. (2024). The Russian Detective. London: Penguin / Jonathan Cape, 112 pp. https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/442439/the-russian-detective-by-adlam-carol/9781787334724
Adlam, C. (2023). Girton Time. Nottingham: Beam Editions, 136 pp. https://www.beameditions.uk/store/girton-time-by-carol-adlam
Hamilton Knight, M. (2022). Pevsner in Camera: Martine Hamilton Knight, Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham.
Films:
Stephen Shore & George Miles: Mastering Your Craft. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8x4uQn3WhaU
Media Coverage:
Clark, A. (2022), ‘‘I’m against parallels’: Hilary Mantel is wary of drawing shallow links with the past’, The Guardian, 10 September. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/10/im-against-parallels-hilary-mantel-is-wary-of-drawing-shallow-links-with-the-past
Cooke, R. (2024). ‘The Russian Detective by Carol Adlam review – Exquisitely Illustrated Celebration of Early Crime Fiction’. The Guardian / The Observer. 25 March. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/25/the-russian-detective-by-carol-adlam-review-exquisitely-illustrated-celebration-of-early-fiction
Maguire, M. (2024). ‘Frozen Dances: A Graphic Adaptation of a Forgotten Russian Novella, by Carol Adlam’, Times Literary Supplement, 21 June. https://www.the-tls.co.uk/regular-features/in-brief/the-russian-detective-carol-adlam-book-review-muireann-maguire
‘The Pevsner way of seeing’ [review of Martine Hamilton Knight’s exhibition] (n.d.), Architecture Today. https://architecturetoday.co.uk/viewpoint-the-pevsner-way-of-seeing-martine-hamilton-knight/
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Design & Digital Arts Building
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Animation and Digital Screen Arts Facilities
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