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This thesis model, of  \ncreative work plus written exegesis, emerged against a background of debate and contestation regarding art and research. Tensions between ideas of 'art as  \nresearch' and 'art as professional practice' gave rise to a range of debates  \nregarding the status of art practice as research, the recognition of art practice  \nas publication equivalent, and even the appropriateness of Research Higher  \nDegrees in the creative disciplines. These debates ran during the 1990s, and  \nin some areas are still being debated.  \nIn spite of this, however, creative arts Research Higher Degrees are firmly up  \nand running, and the creative or practice based thesis is a reality. While the  \ncontestation and debates appear to have been resolved by university policy  \ndevelopments that have established the 'creative work plus exegesis' model, in  \npractice, considerable uncertainty and some contestation remains. This  \nuncertainty is often most evident among HDR candidates and their  \nsupervisors, manifesting, in particular, as a lack of clarity regarding the  \nnature, role and expectations of the exegesis component of this thesis model.  \nIn the belief that further clarification of the creative thesis model, of the  \nnature and purpose of the exegesis, and of the relationship between the  \ncreative/practice and exegetical elements, are timely and important tasks  \nconfronting those involved in Research Higher Degrees within the  \ncreative/practice disciplines, the Arts Academy of the University of Ballarat  \nestablished a small research project devoted to the creative thesis and its  \nexegesis.  \nWithin the Arts Academy, higher degree by research candidates and their  \nsupervisors had certainly expressed some concerns about the lack of clarity  \nsurrounding the nature, role, purposes and expectations of the exegesis. This was exacerbated by the fact that, in a smaller regional University, our Visual  \nArts HDR candidates sometimes require co-supervision from other schools.  \nWe felt it was essential that these co-supervisors, as well as our own students  \nand supervisors, could be given a clear understanding of the creative thesis  \nmodel: of the nature and purpose of the exegesis, and the relationship  \nbetween the creative and the exegetical elements of this thesis model.  \nAgainst this background, then, we set out to 'illuminate the exegesis'. The  \nquestions initially motivating our research were questions being debated  \namongst students and staff: what is the role of the exegesis? What purpose or purposes does it and/or should it serve? What is, or should be, the relationship  \nof the exegesis to the creative work? Should it be a separate theoretical  \n[www.textjournal.com.au/speciss/issue3/fletchermann.htm](www.textjournal.com.au/speciss/issue3/fletchermann.htm) 1/7  \nFletcher and Mann TEXT Special Issue No 3  \nresearch project? Why do we have to write an exegesis at all? How should it  \nbe written? How do we train and support visual arts students to enable them  \nto successfully produce this component of their thesis? How do we supervise  \nand support students through the exegesis process?  \nWe wanted to achieve, firstly, an overview of the range of ways the exegesis  \nis being approached, and an overview of the range of opinion on how the  \nexegesis should be approached. Secondly, we were interested in exploring the ongoing debates and discussions opinions around the subject of the exegesis,  \nand providing a forum for candidates and supervis","cbCaisKnjKpHAct3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisKnjKpHAct3","pdf",227290,"English","# Illuminating the Exegesis, an introduction\n## Creative thesis model and exegesis background\n## Debates about art, research, and practice\n## Persistent uncertainty for candidates and supervisors\n## Ballarat research project and clarification aims\n## Research questions and methods","[{\"question\":\"What is the purpose of the exegesis in the creative thesis model?\",\"answer\":\"The text addresses ongoing uncertainty about the role and purposes of the exegesis and aims to clarify its nature and expectations within the thesis model.\"},{\"question\":\"Why did debates arise around art and research higher degrees?\",\"answer\":\"Debates emerged from tensions between viewing art as research versus viewing it as professional practice, including questions about whether art practice counts as research and publication.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the University of Ballarat’s project plan to clarify the exegesis component?\",\"answer\":\"The project sought an overview of how exegesis is approached, explored continuing debates through candidates’ and supervisors’ experiences, and used electronic review of university web resources to gather a “sense” of prevailing practices.\"}]","Illuminating the Exegesis, an introduction - TEXT Special Issue No 3 - Introduction | PDF",18]