Provoking the Field

<p><em>Provoking the Field</em> invites debate on and provides an essential resource for transnational arts-based scholars engaged in critical analyses of international visual arts education and its enquiry in doctoral research. Divided into three parts - doctoral processes doctoral practices and doctoral programmes - the volume interrogates education in both formal and informal learning environments ranging from schools to post-secondary institutions to community and adult education.<br /> <br />This book brings together a global range of authors to examine visual arts PhDs using diverse theoretical perspectives; innovative arts and hybrid methodologies; institutional relationships and scholarly practices; and voices from the field in the form of site-specific cases. A compendium of leading voices in arts education <em>Provoking the Field </em>provides a diverse range of perspectives on arts enquiry and a comprehensive study of the state of visual arts PhDs in education.</p>