Why Research-Creation?

Research-creation asks not only what we research, but how the forms and practices through which we conduct research shape what we are able to know. Creative practice can do more than communicate the results of scholarly inquiry: it can generate questions, test ideas, encounter materials differently, and open possibilities for knowledge that conventional academic forms may not always make available.

Research-creation can take many forms, including writing, performance, sound, visual and digital media, archival and curatorial practices, publishing, and interdisciplinary work. No single medium defines the field. What matters is the sustained integration of creative practice and critical inquiry. Students consider how form, method, ethics, authorship, collaboration, and audience shape research, while developing work grounded in intellectual rigour and open to experimentation, alternative ways of knowing, and new ways of engaging texts, histories, communities, and publics.