Research-Creation

Transforming Knowledge and Making through RESEARCH-CREATION

Ifeoma Anyaeji, Queen Eliza [Plastic-bags, (Plasto-yarns), twine, acrylic-sheets, repurposed wood and found objects]

About the Research-Creation stream

The Humanities PhD program offers an exceptionally productive and supportive milieu for students entering with an MFA who wish to pursue research-creation projects that combine creative practice in a variety of media with scholarly investigation. Students in the Research-Creation stream declare Studio as one of their three fields, do a Studio exam as one of their three comprehensive exams, and their thesis may include non-paper components – such as digital medial, and audio and visual production – accompanied by a written scholarly text of 150 - 200 pages. An excellent outline of different modes of research-creation can be found in this article by two Concordia professors with a long-standing involvement in the Humanities program: Chapman, Owen and Kim Sawchuk. "Research-Creation: Intervention, Analysis and 'Family Resemblances'." Canadian Journal of Communication Vo 37 (2012) 5-26.

Connected to cutting-edge labs

Humanities students in the Research-Creation stream and their supervisors are a vital part of Concordia’s cutting-edge and internationally renowned Research-Creation centres and labs, such as Techno culture Art and Games, Hexagram, SenseLab, Centre for Sensory Studies, Centre for Expanded Poetics, Centre for Curating & Public Scholarship.

Showcasing Students' Research Creation

There's Nothing to Tell, Live Shadow Performance 2012 (Annie Rollins)

Student profiles

Visit our student profiles section for a sense of the innovative projects of Humanities students in the Research-Creation stream, including work by Kelly Andres, Kate Bevan-Baker, Joanna Donehower, Natalie Doonan, Gwynne Fulton, Sabah Haider, Joanne Hui, Florencia Marchetti, Dayna McLeod, Taien Ng-Chan, Annie Katsura Rollins, Oli Sorenson, and Margaret Westby.

Student research creation news

Humanities student Victor Arroyo's Ongoing & Upcoming Exhibitions and an Interview
Montreal poet Kelly Norah Drukker walked off with the Concordia University First Book Prize and the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry at the recent QWF Literary Awards. Her book, Small Fires, was 13 years in the making. Download interview "Slow and steady wins the day (twice) for poet Kelly Norah Drukker" Montreal Gazette
William Robinson's game Cabinet Shuffle in the news
David Waddington, associate professor of education in the Faculty of Arts and Science, and William Robinson, humanities PhD candidate, appear in a VICE video report about the educational card game Cabinet Shuffle. The two created the game to encourage discussion about identity and politics by letting players create and shuffle their own federal cabinets.

A few of the artistic achievements of filmmaker Sabah Haider include a 2012 short film, "ABU RAMI' featured on the National Screen Institute of Canada's website and her latest short film, "The Legend of Ruby Pasha" which was completed with the support of a grant from Quebec Council of Arts and Lettres (CALQ) and will premiere this spring. In December 2016, Sabah graduated from the five-month Cineplex Entertainment Program residency at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto.

Alumni profiles

Ifeoma Anyaeji, Bonendale nke abo (Plasto-yearns), twine, repurposed wood, and found plastic object

Alumni Profiles provides a glimpse of the ground-breaking creative work and exciting careers pursued by Humanities graduates in the Research-Creation stream, including:

Tagny Duff, Associate Professor, Communication Studies, Concordia University.

Adrian Gorea, artist who combines his practice as a Byzantine iconographer with contemporary art techniques to explore commercial and religious iconic images.

Ted Hiebert, Associate Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, University of Washington.

Adad Hannah, internationally acclaimed visual artist working in video and photography.

Adina Karasick, author and media-artist.

Craig Morrison, ethnomusicologist, author, teacher, musician.

You could consult theses by these graduates and others in the Humanities theses database.