Creative Assessment & Artistic Research in Modern Languages
Creative Modern Languages
Creative Modern Languages was a project funded by the British Academy and hosted at the Department of Modern Languages at Aberystwyth University in Wales, UK. Our aim was to re-evaluate research and assessment in Modern Languages through the medium of artistic practice.
This hub collects examples of good practice in artistic research and creative assessment in Modern Languages. Our aim is to inspire and encourage fellow researchers and students to rethink creative assessment and artistic practice in our field.
Meet the Creative Modern Languages team
Dr Alex Mangold is Lecturer in German at Aberystwyth University and specialises in Performance Philosophy & Politics and in Translation Practice & Theory for Theatre and Performance. He is the Principal Investigator of the project.
Dr Sarah Pogoda is a co-investigator on the project. She is a Senior Lecturer in German Studies at Bangor University. She integrates artistic practices such as Happenings or Creative Writing in her teaching and research.
Mr Fernando Castellano-Banuls is the project’s research assistant. He is Associate Lecturer in Spanish at Aberystwyth University. He is interested in contemporary Spanish popular culture, particularly in science fiction narratives.
Examples of Artistic Research
ARTISTIC RESEARCH book history drama ENGLISH french german LITERATURE music poetry song writing spanish translation visual arts wearable art welsh
Artistic Research into German-Language Avant Garde Arts and Literature
Example supplied by Sarah Pogoda (Bangor University)
Illegible poems: a visual poetic essay
Example submitted by Dr Jane Partner (University of Cambridge)
Cerdd laith: new approaches to music and language learning through music
Example submitted by Professor Mererid Hopwood (Aberystwyth University)
Café Delay: performance practice as research to explore processes of translation
Example submitted by Richard Talbot (University of Salford)
‘The many masks of Dr Tulp’: Drama, performance, and digital humanities
Submitted by Annja Neumann, (University of Cambridge)
Poetry with paper: printmaking, book history and wearable art
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Examples of Creative Assessment
ARTISTIC RESEARCH book history drama ENGLISH french german LITERATURE music poetry song writing spanish translation visual arts wearable art welsh
Creating a festival of French war films
Example submitted by Dr Gábor Gelléri (Aberystwyth University)
Emoji writing in German Studies
Example submitted by Prof. Alexandra Ludewig (The University of Western Australia)
Theatre productions in German Studies
Example submitted by Prof. Alexandra Ludewig (The University of Western Australia)
Transcreating German Drama
Example submitted by Sarah Pogoda (Bangor University)
German Film and different creative forms
Example submitted by Dr Sarah Pogoda (Bangor University)
German language and podcasts
Example submitted by Deirdre Byrnes (University of Galway)
Women’s writing in Latin America: song writing
Examples provided by Charlie Dart, former student at the University College of London.
Women’s writing in Latin America: short film
Example submitted by Zoe Combe, student at the University College of London.
Visual arts for writing compositions in ESL
Example submitted by Chun Yang (University of Southampton)
Decolonising Portuguese language – Featured work
Example submitted by Alexandra Lourenço Dias (King’s College London)
“Vous êtes artiste”: French creative writing, art description and the Musee d’Orsay
Example submitted by Amanda Deacon (University of Leeds)
German drama: Animation
Teaching “Language of German Drama”, student work submitted by Dr Alex Mangold (Aberystwyth University)
Germany’s ‘1968’ and different creative practices
Teaching German’s ‘1968’ through different creative practices. Katerina Karcher (University of Birmingham) and Ellen Pilsworth (University of Reading)
Graphic autobiographies and ESL
Graphic novels and ESL. student work submitted by Fernando Castellano-Banuls (Aberystwyth University)
Children’s literature in Spanish
Graphic novels, children’s literature and Spanish. Pilar Alderete Diez (University of Galway, Ireland)
Creative Modern Languages
Research project funded by the British Academy Talent Developmental Awards, and hosted by Aberystwyth University (Wales).
Contact us
cmlp@aber.ac.uk
Twitter: @CMLang_
