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Middlesex University Research Repository An open access repository of Middlesex University research http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk Avgousti, Nicoleta (2016) Contemporary Cypriot video art: an investigation of artistic practice and its educational implications for the visual arts curriculum. DProf thesis, Middlesex University. [Thesis] Final accepted version (with author’s formatting) This version is available at: https://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/21231/ Copyright: Middlesex University Research Repository makes the University’s research available electronically. Copyright and moral rights to this work are retained by the author and/or other copyright owners unless otherwise stated. The work is supplied on the understanding that any use for commercial gain is strictly forbidden. A copy may be downloaded for personal, non-commercial, research or study without prior permission and without charge. 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See also repository copyright: re-use policy: http://eprints.mdx.ac.uk/policies.html#copy Contemporary Cypriot Video Art: An Investigation of Artistic Practice and its Educational Implications for the Visual Arts Curriculum Submitted to Middlesex University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate in Professional Studies Nicoleta Avgousti Candidate number: 2248243 DPS 5240 June 2016 Acknowledgements This work is dedicated to my husband, Marinos Charitonos, who urged me to pursue this study and supported me all the way through its completion. It is also dedicated to our two children, Charitonas, 7, and Ioanna, 3, who patiently waited for their mom ‘to finally finish studying’, and to my parents, Ioannis and Eleni Avgousti, as well as Jeannie Villanueva, who all helped in taking care of them. Special appreciation is extended to my advisors, Professor Paul Gibbs, Dr Elena Stylianou and Dr Iacovos Psaltis, for their academic support and encouragement. i Contents Acknowledgements .......................................................................................................... i Contents.......................................................................................................................... ii List of tables .................................................................................................................. vii List of figures ................................................................................................................ viii Artworks cited ................................................................................................................ xi Glossary ....................................................................................................................... xiv Abstract ........................................................................................................................ xvi Chapter 1 Introduction ................................................................................................... - 1 - 1.1 Chapter summary ................................................................................................. - 1 - 1.2 Development of personal interest in the subject ................................................... - 1 - 1.3 Professional significance of the project ................................................................. - 2 - 1.4 Statement of the problem ..................................................................................... - 3 - 1.5 Relationship with previous learning ...................................................................... - 4 - 1.6 The main themes investigated .................................................................................. 5 1.7 Assumptions ............................................................................................................. 5 1.8 Project context ..................................................................................................... - 8 - 1.9 Methodology ............................................................................................................. 9 1.10 Limitations ............................................................................................................ 10 Chapter 2 Terms of Reference and Literature Review ................................................. - 11 - 2.1 Chapter summary ............................................................................................... - 11 - 2.2 The research statement – Aims and objectives .................................................. - 11 - 2.3 Review of knowledge and information ................................................................ - 12 - Chapter 3 Methodology................................................................................................ - 35 - 3.1 Chapter Summary .............................................................................................. - 35 - 3.2 Contextualizing constructivism as a research paradigm in the visual arts domain - 35 - - ii - 3.3 Research approaches ........................................................................................ - 37 - 3.4 The conception of methodology design .............................................................. - 48 - 3.5 Alternative research approaches ............................................................................ 49 3.6 Data collection techniques .................................................................................. - 50 - 3.7 Triangulation ...................................................................................................... - 56 - 3.8 Sampling ............................................................................................................ - 59 - 3.9 Data analysis .......................................................................................................... 62 3.10 Ethical considerations ...................................................................................... - 64 - 3.11 Positionality .......................................................................................................... 65 Chapter 4 Project Activity ............................................................................................. - 66 - 4.1 Chapter summary ............................................................................................... - 66 - 4.2 Fieldwork ............................................................................................................ - 66 - Self-case study (Phase 1)…………………………………………………………..……...67 Personal art practice ............................................................................................. - 71 - The Interviews (Phase 2) …………………………………………………………………..- 83 - Yiannos Economou ............................................................................................... - 86 - Klitsa Antoniou ............................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. Achilleas Kentonis and Maria Papacharalambous ................................................ - 88 - Theodoulos Gregoriou .......................................................................................... - 89 - Anna Fotiadou ...................................................................................................... - 90 - Konstantia Sofokleous …………………………………………………………………….. 91 Helene Black and Yiannis Colakides .................................................................... - 92 - Katia Savvidou ...................................................................................................... - 93 - Lia Lapithi .................................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Nikos Kouroussis ......................................................... Error! Bookmark not defined. Evanthia Tselika ................................................................................................... - 96 - - iii - 4.3 The design of educational resources (Phase 3) .................................................. - 97 - (a) Preliminary analysis of data and development of the Artist Profiles ................. - 97 - (b) Thematic analysis of the Artist Profiles .......................................................... - 100 - (c) Semiotic analysis of the Artist Profiles ........................................................... - 102 - (d) Design of sample educational resources ....................................................... - 103 - (e) Presentation of the sample resources to two focus groups ............................ - 107 - (f) Analysis of the focus group findings and design of the final educational resources