Transatlantic Reflections on the Practice-Based PhD in Fine Art

Using historical, political, and social frameworks, this book investigates the evolution of the fine art doctorate in the UK, what the concept of a PhD means to practicing artists from the US, and why this degree disappeared in the US when it is so vigorously embraced in the UK and other countries.

Jessica B. Schwarzenbach is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, and Lesley University, USA and an artist and independent researcher who has published in the areas of education and qualitative methodology. Paul M.W. Hackett is Professor of Ethnography, Research Methods, and Consumer Behavior at Emerson College, USA and holds PhDs in fine art and psychology.

1. The Notion of Fine Art as Research 2. The Development of the Fine Art PhD Within Historical, Political, and Social Contexts 3. Methodology 4. The Cases 5. Analysis and Discussion 6. Conclusions