Dramatizing an Articulation of the (P)Artistic Researcher’s Posthumanist Pathway to a ‘Slow Professorship’ Within the Corporate University Complex

Rossi, J. (2019) Dramatizing an Articulation of the (P)Artistic Researcher’s Posthumanist Pathway to a ‘Slow Professorship’ Within the Corporate University Complex. In: Taylor, C. and Bayley, A. (eds.) Posthumanism and Higher Education : Reimagining Pedagogy, Practice and Research. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.. pp. 187-209.

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Abstract:	Within academia, the practical arts researcher endures an unstable status owing, in part, to the diverse research methodologies gathered underneath the umbrellas of Practice-[led/based/as/for]- Research. (P)Artistic Research is difficult to define, no less validate, in a result-oriented, data-driven, ‘performance’-measuring culture. The (P)Artistic Researcher embodies dissent in such contexts, as the nature of most artistic research is process-oriented, collaborative and solution-finding. In response to Berg and Seeber’s pleas for ‘slowness’ in The Slow Professor, this chapter reflects critically on the author’s habits and history as a (P)Artistic Researcher while moving through a ‘gap’ in employment, from a dramatic resignation at one institution to an acceptance of a new post at another institution, one year later. This writing is contaminated by aspects of the author’s ‘playwrighting’ practice, becoming a posthuman ‘playper’ in which forms of writing are intertwined, and structure, layout and grammatical positioning are used innovatively to produce new knowledge which is not ‘in-prism-ed’ by the narrow perspective of the corporate university. The content of the ‘playper’ offers a malleable frame with several pedagogical points of entry, including prompts, provocations and practical exercises which intend to slowly contaminate the classroom with a conscientious commitment to a posthuman understanding of the world.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Posthumanism, Higher Education, Pedagogy, Education
Creators:	Rossi, Johnmichael
Editors:	Taylor, Carol and Bayley, Annouchka
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:	Faculties > Faculty of Arts, Science & Technology > Journalism, Media & Performance
Date:	17 April 2019
Date Type:	Publication
Page Range:	pp. 187-209
Title of Book:	Posthumanism and Higher Education : Reimagining Pedagogy, Practice and Research
Number:	1
Number of Pages:	23
Language:	English
ISBN:	978-3-030-14671-9
Status:	Published / Disseminated
Refereed:	Yes
Related URLs:	https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030... https://pure.northampton.ac.uk/en/public...
URI:	http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/11783

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