Elspeth Tilley
AOTEAROA / NEW ZEALAND
Dr. Tilley’s transdisciplinary research creatively and critically explores art’s influences on public discourse and cultural change. She is an award-winning playwright specializing in works that address environmental and social justice crises. Concurrently her critical research investigates the ethics and appropriateness of methodologies for implementing and evaluating artistic activism, including the impacts of colonialism on how we understand artistic value. Elspeth is Professor of Creative Communication at Massey University, New Zealand.
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Co-Lab Projects
Mapping Artistic Activism (MAAP)
Researcher and Member of the Steering Committee
Co-Lab Presentations
October 20, 2022
Research Partnership Models: Co-Developing Indigenous-led Evaluation for Creative Activism
Selected Bibliography
Open Access
- Tilley, E. (2023). Applied Theatre as Transdisciplinary Research Method. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance.
- Tilley, E., Taylor, N., Holland, K. & Goulter, S. (2017). Te Hā Tangata: A human library on homelessness. Parity, 30(8), 17-19.
Forthcoming – Open Access
- Tilley, E. & Holm, N. (2023). (Eds.) Special Issue: The Aesthetics of Creative Activism. Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 82 (2).
- Tilley, E. (2022). (Ed.) Creative Activism: Research, Pedagogy, and Practice. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars/EBSCO.
- Tilley, E. (2022). Undefining creative activism: From praxis and participation to poiesis and presage. In Creative Activism: Research, Pedagogy, and Practice. (pp. 3-32). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars/EBSCO.
Other publications
- Tilley, E. (2016). Creative activism in the university: A case study of curricular design and implementation. Applied Theatre Research, 4(3), 237-253.