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Alternative title: The ERA Era : Creative Writing as Research
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... no. 7 October 2010 of TEXT Special Issue est. 2000 TEXT : Special Issue Website Series
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* Contents derived from the , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Creative Writing in the ERA Era : A New Research Exercise, Nigel Krauth , Jen Webb , Donna Lee Brien , single work criticism
'In 2009 the Australian government, through the Australian Research Council (ARC), changed the way it assesses research quality in Australian universities. The Excellence in Research for Australia (ERA) initiative introduced new processes for the recognition, collection and evaluation of research, which included—for the first time—assessment of creative works as research. For many in the Creative and Performing Arts areas of Australian tertiary education, this signalled the achievement of a set of goals laid down in 1998 with the Strand Report (Strand 1998). The recognition of creative production as research had been, moreover, a project in various Australian university creative departments for at least a decade prior to Strand, going back as far as the rationales supporting the first research doctorates in the creative arts in the 1980s.' (p. 1)
First Loves (from a work-in-progress), Donna Lee Brien , extract autobiography
Plenitudei"It is the 4th of April, 2008, and I am thinking of pigeons", David Brooks , single work poetry
The Execution of the Dinosaursi"We might as well we thought— it was only an afternoon’s work—", Kevin Brophy , single work poetry
A Hospital Bed at Home (from a work-in-progress), Janene Carey , extract autobiography
The Archivisti"Paris ...", Brian Castro , single work poetry
The Architecture of Song, Gary Crew , extract novel
In Forster (Sand up the Coast)i"Pelicans still", Marcelle Freiman , single work poetry
An Extract from Lucia’s Story, Enza Gandolfo , extract biography
Strange Dance Days, Stephanie Green , single work short story
Glitter (from a work-in-progerss), Dominique Hecq , extract autobiography
Majorca : Unreal Estate, Nigel Krauth , single work short story
Climate Change – Excerpt from ‘Vanishing Point’, Jeri Kroll , extract novel
Philip Roth at 11.00ami"Philip Roth is correcting proofs", Philip Neilsen , single work poetry
Mix-Ups (from a work-in-progress), Hazel Smith , single work prose
Underbelly, Hazel Smith , single work prose
Thinking about Icarus, Jen Webb , single work prose
'Icarus has long been a trope in literary and visual art. This work adds to the long history of the Icarus tale, and attempts to investigate its relevance for the 21st century. Particularly, it attempts to use the story of Icarus and his father Daedalus to think through relationships of intimacy: between people and the planet, between husbands and wives, and between suicide bombers and their mentors, in an effort to explore the ethical conundrums of cohabitation.' (Author's abstract)
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