RECAP Centre
Research into Education, Creativity and Arts through Practice.
The Centre for Research into Education, Creativity and the Arts through Practice (RECAP) is a unique hub, specialising in practice-based research and focusing on creativity, learning and the arts in professional, educational contexts.
Located in the University’s School of Education, RECAP thrives on its many collaborations and connections which begin internally, with the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and reach into the local area through Chester’s Storyhouse Theatre and Liverpool’s Tate Gallery. These regional relationships provide the foundation on which the RECAP team has cultivated numerous international partnerships into an extensive network on top of its strong local links.
The centre aims to generate, co-ordinate and support a wide range of research methods, with no preconditions or limits on the styles and forms that they might take. Practice-based research, by definition, encourages research through the medium of the practice itself. This can manifest itself in a variety of ways, ranging from artistic endeavours (such as theatre, film, performance art, painting/drawing, creative writing, dance or music) to the more pedagogical side of art (in the form of professional educational practices such as teaching, coaching and management).
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Partners and Collaborators
RECAP has strong international partners from across the globe including those in Japan, Finland, Korea and Palestine, as well as local support from Cheshire West and Chester Council.
- Abdelfattah Abusrour, Alrowwad Cultural Centre, Aida Camp, Palestine
- Hala Al Yamani, Bethlehem University, Palestine
- Fadel Al Sawyfa, University of Bethlehem, Palestine
- Tamori Ashizaka, Japanese National Children’s Theatre Association, Japan
- Elisabet Aznar, La Nave Va Theatre, Spain
- Elvira Barrios-Espinosa, University of Malaga, Spain
- Raquel Benmergui, Rapid Action Group (RAG) Finland
- Monica Biagioli, London College of Communication: University of the Arts, London, London, UK
- Rannveig Björk Þorkelsdóttir, University of Iceland, Iceland
- Sofia Cedervall, University of Stockholm, Sweden
- Tatiana Chemi, University of Aalborg, Denmark
- Alex Clifton, Artistic Director, Storyhouse Culture Centre, Chester, UK
- Gillian Coates, Royal Court Theatre Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Federica De Molli, University of Lugano, Switzerland
- Stephan Egar, Graz Municipal Theatre, Austria
- Stewart Eglin, North West Health Research & Development Team, Manchester, UK
- Anneli Einarson, University of Malmo, Sweden
- Tabu Esie, Taichi-kikaku Theatre, Japan
- Eva Felixar, Universitat De Vic (UVIC), Catalonia, Spain
- Kristian Firing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
- Fernando Hernandez, University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- Clive Holtham, Cass Business School, City University, London, UK
- Rita Irwin, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Holger Jahnke, University of Flensburg, Germany
- Merna Kassis, British Council, Jerusalem, Palestine
- Erika Kopp, Eotvos University, Hungary
- Kai Lehikoinen, University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland
- Lars Lindgren, University of Linkoping, Sweden
- Phillipe Mairesse, Audencia Business School, France
- Bobby Manesh, Lead Research Engineer, The University of Sheffield / AMRC Cymru, England
- David Martinez, University of Girona, Catalonia, Spain
- Jo Moate, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
- Hala Nassar, University of Bethlehem, Palestine
- Alison Neilson, University of Coimbra, Portugal
- Katrin Nielsen, University of Tartu, Estonia
- Eva Osterlind, University of Stockholm, Sweden
- Anne Passila, LUT University, Lahti & Lapeenranta, Finland
- Nick Ponsillo, Philip Barker Centre for Creative Learning, Chester, UK
- Deborah Riding, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- Ursula Roosmaa, Country Director, British Council, Estonia
- Brigitte Roth, Pedagogical University of Vienna, Austria
- Per Simfors, University of Linkoping, Sweden
- Gabi Sittová, Charles University Prague & Czech National Drama Network, Czech Republic
- Lluís Solé, Universitat De Vic (UVIC), Catalonia, Spain
- Sari Suomalainen, HAMK University of Applied Sciences, Finland
- Tomoko Yoshimura, Katayanagi Institute, Tokyo University of Technology, Japan