{"id":7918,"date":"2025-05-21T10:02:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T08:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/?p=7918"},"modified":"2025-05-29T16:28:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T14:28:26","slug":"look-back-at-the-ifas-research-seminar-creation-as-research-research-as-creation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/uncategorized\/look-back-at-the-ifas-research-seminar-creation-as-research-research-as-creation\/","title":{"rendered":"Look back at the IFAS-Research Seminar &#8220;Creation as Research, Research as Creation&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Recherche-Creation-workshop-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Recherche-Creation-workshop-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Recherche-Creation-workshop-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Recherche-Creation-workshop-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Recherche-Creation-workshop-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Recherche-Creation-workshop-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Recherche-Creation-workshop.png 2025w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>[English version below]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Le 18 f\u00e9vrier 2025, Pauline Guinard (Ma\u00eetre de conf\u00e9rences HDR en g\u00e9ographie \u00e0 l&#8217;ENS-Paris, et chercheuse invit\u00e9e de l\u2019IFAS-Recherche en f\u00e9vrier 2025) et Annael Le Poullennec (Directrice de l&#8217;IFAS-Recherche) ont anim\u00e9 un s\u00e9minaire intitul\u00e9 &#8220;Creation as Research, Research as Creation&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ce s\u00e9minaire avait pour but d\u2019explorer la place des pratiques cr\u00e9atives au sein de la recherche universitaire et les d\u00e9bats qu&#8217;elles y suscitent, notamment en Afrique du Sud o\u00f9 ces pratiques sont en plein essor. Cette r\u00e9flexion a \u00e9t\u00e9 engag\u00e9e \u00e0 l\u2019occasion du travail \u00e9ditorial autour du livre <em>Looking For and Learning From Public Spaces in African Cities<\/em>, coordonn\u00e9 par \u00c9milie Guitard (CNRS, PRODIG), Ismael Maazaz (Universit\u00e9 de Tempere) et Pauline Guinard (ENS-Paris, UMR LAVUE), \u00e0 para\u00eetre aux \u00e9ditions Africae. L&#8217;ouvrage propose de questionner la notion d\u2019espaces publics depuis les villes africaines (Johannesburg, Le Cap, Lagos, Ibadan, Dakar, Kinshasa et N\u2019Djamena) en faisant dialoguer artistes et universitaires issu\u00b7es des Nords et des Suds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/uncategorized\/creation-as-research-research-as-creation-seminar-18-february-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Le s\u00e9minaire du 18 f\u00e9vrier<\/a> a donn\u00e9 l\u2019opportunit\u00e9 aux participant\u00b7es de r\u00e9fl\u00e9chir aux relations entre la recherche et la cr\u00e9ation, ainsi qu\u2019aux mani\u00e8res de les d\u00e9signer (&#8220;recherche-cr\u00e9ation&#8221;, &#8220;cr\u00e9ation-comme-recherche&#8221;, &#8220;recherche-cr\u00e9ative&#8221;, etc.). Plus pr\u00e9cis\u00e9ment, les discussions ont \u00e9t\u00e9 organis\u00e9es autour des questions suivantes :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Qu\u2019apportent les pratiques et m\u00e9thodologies cr\u00e9atives \u00e0 la recherche universitaire, \u00e0 un projet de recherche pr\u00e9cis, \u00e0 une discipline, \u00e0 un champ ou une question de recherche ?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pourquoi les artistes se tournent-ils ou elles vers la recherche et les chercheur\u00b7ses ? Et inversement ?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Comment les m\u00e9thodologies cr\u00e9atives et universitaires se combinent-elles, se compl\u00e8tent-elles et convergent-elles pour des projets sp\u00e9cifiques ? <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Qu\u2019est-ce que cela ouvre en termes de perspectives et quelles en sont les limites et difficult\u00e9s ?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pour r\u00e9pondre \u00e0 ces questions, plusieurs temps ont rythm\u00e9 cette journ\u00e9e :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>la pr\u00e9sentation du livre <em>Looking For and Learning From Public Spaces in African Cities<\/em> ;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>deux tables-rondes sur &#8220;Espaces publics et production urbaine&#8221; et &#8220;M\u00e9moire, archives et fant\u00f4mes&#8221; ;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>la projection du film documentaire <em>Trouble Sleep<\/em> d\u2019Alain Kasanda (2020, 41 minutes).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>La richesse des \u00e9changes, suivis par 65 participants, dont environ la moiti\u00e9 d\u2019\u00e9tudiant\u00b7es, devrait conduire \u00e0 la poursuite du projet sous forme d\u2019ateliers th\u00e9matiques, \u00e0 Johannesburg et au-del\u00e0.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" data-id=\"7931\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3863-1024x693.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3863-1024x693.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3863-300x203.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3863-768x520.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3863-1536x1040.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3863-2048x1387.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Introduction of the workshop by Pauline Guinard and Annael Le Poullennec <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"7938\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3899-edited-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7938\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3899-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3899-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3899-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3899-edited-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3899-edited-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roundtable &#8220;Public spaces and urban production&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"7939\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/xIMG_3905-edited-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7939\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/xIMG_3905-edited-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/xIMG_3905-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/xIMG_3905-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/xIMG_3905-edited-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/xIMG_3905-edited-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Roundtable &#8220;Memory, archives and &#8216;ghosts'&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"7937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3918-edited-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7937\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3918-edited-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3918-edited-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3918-edited-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3918-edited-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/IMG_3918-edited-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Screening of <em>Trouble Sleep<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>On 18 February 2025, IFAS-Research hosted the seminar \u201cCreation as Research, Research as Creation\u201d, organised by Pauline Guinard (Associate Professor in Geography at ENS-Paris and visiting researcher at IFAS-Research in February 2025) and Annael Le Poullennec (Director of IFAS-Research).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The seminar aimed to reflect on the use of creative practices in academic research and the debates they generate, particularly in South Africa where such approaches are increasingly employed. The idea for the event emerged in the context of the forthcoming publication of <em>Looking For and Learning From Public Spaces in African Cities<\/em>, coordinated by Emilie Guitard (CNRS), Ismael Maazaz (Tempere University) and Pauline Guinard (ENS Paris), in our Africae Studies collection. The book invites reflection on the notion of public spaces in African cities (Johannesburg, Cape Town, Lagos, Ibadan, Dakar, Kinshasa and N\u2019Djamena) through the work of both artists and academics from the Global North and South.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifas.org.za\/research\/uncategorized\/creation-as-research-research-as-creation-seminar-18-february-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The 18 February seminar<\/a> provided an opportunity for participants to explore the intersections between research and creation, and to consider how best to name and frame these practices (&#8220;research-creation&#8221;, creation-as-research&#8221;, &#8220;creative research&#8221;, etc.). More specifically, discussions were centered around the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What do creative practices and methodologies contribute to academic research \u2014 to a specific research project, a discipline, a research field, or a central question?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Why do artists turn to research and researchers \u2014 and vice versa?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do creative and academic methodologies combine, alternate or converge in specific projects?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What possibilities do these intersections open up? What challenges or limitations arise?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To engage with these issues, the programme was structured around several key moments:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A presentation and discussion of the book\u00a0<em>Looking For and Learning From Public Spaces in African Cities<\/em> and discussions;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two roundtables on the themes of &#8220;Public spaces and urban production&#8221; and &#8220;Memory, archives and &#8216;ghosts'&#8221;;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A screening of the documentary <em>Trouble Sleep<\/em> by Alain Kasanda (2020, 41 minutes).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The richness of the discussions \u2014<\/strong> <strong>followed by 65 participants, about half of whom were students \u2014 suggests strong interest and engagement. This momentum encourages us to continue the project in the form of thematic workshops, in Johannesburg and beyond. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[English version below] Le 18 f\u00e9vrier 2025, Pauline Guinard (Ma\u00eetre de conf\u00e9rences HDR en g\u00e9ographie \u00e0 l&#8217;ENS-Paris, et chercheuse invit\u00e9e de l\u2019IFAS-Recherche en f\u00e9vrier 2025) et Annael Le Poullennec (Directrice de l&#8217;IFAS-Recherche) ont anim\u00e9 un s\u00e9minaire intitul\u00e9 &#8220;Creation as Research, Research as Creation&#8221;. 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