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Announcing: PHD OR NOT TO PHD?
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A discussion on the YASMIN list
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March 3--14, 2008
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To join the discussion register
at: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.media.uoa.gr/yasmin">http://www.media.uoa.gr/yasmin</a>
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Moderator: Prof. Dr. Oguzhan Ozcan, Director of PhD in Art
and Design at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Istanbul</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Yildiz</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Technical</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://oguzhan.ozcan.info">http://oguzhan.ozcan.info</a>) and
YASMIN corresponding editor.<br>
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Respondents will include: Ken Friedman, Kristina Niedderer, Deirdre
Barron, Chris Rust, John Zimmerman, Basak Senova. All interested
persons
are invited to participate.<br>
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Dates: March 3--14, 2008<br>
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"To PhD or not to PhD?: How to improve research based
art practice"<br>
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Like scientists, artists are engaged in research activities. However
research is carried out in different ways when comparing artists to
scientists. During the last 20 years, a number of academic institutions
have created PhDs in Art as well as a Practice Based Research Degrees.
For
a thorough report on this question, please refer to the one written
by Professor Stuart Lain, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Brighton</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
available at:
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/research/euindia/knowledgebase/brightonpg/laing.htm">http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/research/euindia/knowledgebase/brightonpg/laing.htm</a>
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We would like to invite Yasminers to discuss the broader question of
how
research education in art should be designed today.
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Respondents will include:<br>
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Prof. Dr. Ken Friedman, <span style="">Swinburne University
of Technology</span>
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Dr. Kristina Niedderer <br>
Dr. Deirdre Barron, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Swinburne</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Faculty
of
Design
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<o:p></o:p>Prof. Dr. Chris Rust at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Sheffield-Hallam</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
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<o:p></o:p>Dr. John Zimmerman, School of <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address
w:st="on">Design Carnegie Mellon University<br>
Dr.</st1:address></st1:Street> Basak Senova, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Communication</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, Kadir
Has University
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