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Research-Creation Editing Services
Research-creation straddles academic and artistic contexts. Your research-creation work may be read by committees, curators, or the public, all with different expectations. Editing refines the expression of your ideas, making methods and contributions accessible without oversimplification.
Research-creation integrates artistic practice with scholarly inquiry to generate new forms of knowledge. SSHRC defines it as:
“An approach to research that combines creative and academic research practices, and supports the development of knowledge and innovation through artistic expression, scholarly investigation, and experimentation.”
The term overlaps with artistic research, practice-based research, practice-led research, arts-based research, creative practice research, and practice as research, with usage varying by discipline and region.
Research-creation projects may include:
- Dissertations that integrate creative work
- Artist or practice statements
- Catalogue essays or contextual texts
- Hybrid outputs that combine writing with creative, performative, sonic, digital, or material practice
These projects often need to address more than one audience while maintaining their experimental vision.
Why research-creation texts benefit from editing
Multiple audiences:
Committees, curators, and the public each bring different perspectives and expectations.
Complex formats:
Writing may combine text with images, exhibitions, performances, or digital elements.
Balancing originality with clarity:
Projects must remain experimental while clearly communicating within academic and institutional frameworks.
Editing ensures that your aims and methods are communicated effectively, your contributions are visible, and the text remains accessible without diluting complexity.
Forms of research-creation
Research-creation projects take many forms and often challenge conventional categories, integrating creative practice and academic inquiry in overlapping and interdependent ways. These practices may include, but are not limited to:
Visual and Material Practices
Exhibitions, installations, and other works grounded in visual or material practice, where objects, images, spatial arrangements, and processes function as sites of inquiry
New Media and Emergent Technologies
Digital, computational, or technologically mediated practices, including interactive works, time-based media, software-driven projects, and experimental evolving tools
Performance
Live or time-based practices such as performance, sound, movement, or spoken-word, where embodiment, temporality, and process function as modes of research
Community-Engaged Practice
Collaborative projects developed in relation to specific communities or publics, where research unfolds through participation, dialogue, and shared forms of knowledge-making
Why Work With Me
How I can help
Comprehensive project coordination
Research-creation projects often involve multiple components including creative reflection, scholarly analysis, or curatorial framing. Editing ensures these connect seamlessly through:
Structural clarity:
Organizing ideas and arguments across creative and scholarly components
Language refinement:
Terminology alignment:
Ensuring consistency without flattening experimental methods
Coherent presentation:
Unifying written and visual components into a clear whole
Balancing multiple audiences
One of the central challenges of research-creation is writing for several audiences at once. Editing helps by:
- Refining tone and terminology for diverse readers
- Preserving artistic complexity while clarifying scholarly contributions
- Ensuring accessibility without oversimplification
What I Offer
Levels of editing available
Developmental editing
- Shape structure and clarify contributions
- Strengthen links between practice and analysis
- Suggest strategies for revision and expansion
Developmental editing Rate: $0.08–$0.10/word + tax
Stylistic editing
Stylistic editing for research-creation texts:
- Improves tone, flow, and readability
- Maintains the integrity of your voice
- Enhances clarity for multiple audiences
Stylistic editing Rate: $0.06–$0.08/word + tax
Copyediting & Proofreading
Final review ensures:
- Grammar, usage, and formatting are consistent
- Citations and terminology are accurate
- The text is polished and ready for submission or dissemination
Copyediting Rate: $0.04–$0.06/word + tax
Proofreading Rate:$0.03–$0.05/word + tax
Benefits of professional editing
- Strengthens continuity across hybrid forms
- Frames methods and aims clearly for varied audiences
- Preserves experimentation while ensuring readability
- Positions projects to be recognized and understood in both academic and artistic contexts
Frequently asked questions
Do you edit hybrid or unconventional formats?
Do you edit grant applications that include research-creation?
Yes. Research-creation often overlaps with funding proposals, and I edit both.