Opening presentation at the launch of the new Salford Practice Research Group, 5 March 2014.

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What is Practice Research?
Salford Practice Research Group
Research Seminar, 13.00, Wednesday 5th March 2014
Paul Chynoweth
“Practice"
“the actual application or use of a plan or method, as
opposed to the theories relating to it”
(Concise Oxford English Dictionary)( g y)
“a set of human activities performed regularly, and seen
as meaningfully related to each other by people
participating in them”
(Johannesson & Perjons 2012, p. 2)

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The relationship between research and practice:
Christopher Frayling Bruce Archer
Research into, for, and through practice
1. Research into practice
Anthony Giddens (1938 ‐ )

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2. Research for practice
Marie Curie (1867 ‐ 1934)
3. Research through practice
Christiaan Barnard (1922 – 2001)

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Profession: Research into Practice, for Practice, and through Practice’, Proceedings of
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Johannesson, P. & Perjons, E. (2012) A Design Science Primer, Createspace.
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Frayling, C. (1993) Research in Art and Design, Royal College of Art Research
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http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/SPROG