Practice-Based Research book – How to buy print and eBook editions

The book Fundamentals of Practice-Based Research and Research-Creation by David Gauntlett (2026) is available as an open-access PDF, but you can also enjoy it in the convenient form of an reasonably-priced 182-page physical book, or an eBook for Kindle or for any kind of eBook reader.

How to buy the print book:

You can buy the print book from Lulu worldwide (it will despatch from the location closest to you) and avoid Amazon.

But if you need the cheaper shipping that you can probably get from Amazon, then you can visit Amazon Canada, Amazon UK, Amazon USA, or find it in your local Amazon store.

How to buy the eBook:

Or you can buy the eBook as an even more reasonably-priced EPUB file (for Kobo or any eBook reader) or for Kindle from Kindle Canada, Kindle UK, Kindle USA, or find it in your local Kindle store.

How to get the PDF:

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About the book:

Practice-based research means exploring research questions through creative practice. Also known as ‘research-creation’, it is a process of making, doing and thinking, to explore ideas, identities and experiences.

This book offers a clear explanation of how practice-based research makes sense as a method, and explores how to develop, make, and present projects effectively. It features inspiring examples, including the work of Indigenous fashion creator Justine Woods, and Black bio-art activist Ashley Jane Lewis, as well as cases where drawing, performance, sound, and music technology are used to explore Black history, migration and social justice.

Practice-based research is a journey on which we gather a basket of processes, experiments and experiences, so we can foreground complex realities, gentleness, and lived experience.

David Gauntlett is Canada Research Chair in Creative Practice at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada, and the author of 10 previous books including Making is Connecting (2018) and Creativity (2022).

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