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Creative Works Criteria – ERA and the CSU Creative Works Register

Overview

Original creative works produced by CSU staff and which create new knowledge are considered research.  Creative works must be submitted to CRO (CSU Research Output – the Institutional Repository) to be eligible for inclusion in both ERA and the (internal) CSU Creative Works Register (CWR), as well as count towards the staff member's performance portfolio.

General requirements

The following requirements must be met in order for a creative work to be eligible for submission to CRO and subsequent consideration for ERA and/or the CWR:

• The work must have been publicly available during the year being collected.
• It must have been subject to a form of review/adjudication - for example, reviewed by a selection panel, reviewed in the media (newspaper, magazine, radio, etc) or a scholarly or professional journal, undergone editorial or creative review.
• The work must meet the definition of research. For the purposes of ERA and the Creative Works Register, research is defined as ‘the creation of new knowledge, and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way, so as to generate new concepts, methodologies, and understandings. This could include synthesis and analysis of previous research, to the extent that it is new and creative.’ Note that, in general, works which are best described as constituting ‘professional practice’ are ineligible.
• The submission must be accompanied by a research statement (maximum 250 words) identifying the research component of the work. There is a ‘Research Statement’ field in the CRO submission form.
• The submission must be accompanied by a version of the work itself AND supporting documentation - Digitized versions of the work itself (sound recordings, images, script texts, etc), should be loaded with your submission wherever possible, provided copyright ownership permits. Supporting documentation may include: reviews, leaflets, catalogue extracts, programs, promotional material.

Additional requirements

To be eligible for the Register, there should be either a demonstrable CSU affiliation on the produced work (byline, logo, mention in biographical blurb, or similar), OR a statement in the submission form justifying the absence of an explicit CSU affiliation. (Affiliation is only a requirement for ERA if the staff member is not permanent – ie, a casual or adjunct employee – as of the Census date).

CSU Creative Works Register Committee

The Creative Works Register Committee meets annually to assess research eligibility, and point-value equivalence, of creative works research outputs. Membership comprises qualified staff from the Research Office and the Faculty of Arts.

Points are awarded on the basis of the work and the relative contribution of the staff member, as well as the equivalence with allocations to HERDC publications.

 

CRO submission categories

 

Creative works can be submitted to CRO in any of the following categories:

• Original Creative Works
• Live Performance of Creative Works
• Recorded/Rendered Creative Works
• Curated or Produced Substantial Public Exhibitions and Events

Original Creative Works (Visual art work, Design/Architectural work, Textual work, Other). These are defined as:

• Visual art work: A research output such as a fine arts and crafts work, diagram, map, photographic image, sculpture or installation.
• Design/Architectural work: Realised, constructed, fabricated or unrealised building and design projects. 'Unrealised' projects must have an output that provides evidence of the research involved.
• Textual work: Written creative work that is not eligible to be submitted as a book or journal article such as a novel or art review. Exhibition catalogues and catalogue entries should be submitted in this sub-category.
• Other: Other original creative works that do not fit the other output

Live Performance of Creative Works (Music, Play, Dance, Other). These are defined as:

• Music: New work or a demonstrably new or innovative interpretation or production of an existing work.
• Play: New work or a demonstrably new or innovative interpretation or production of an existing work.
• Dance: New work or a demonstrably new or innovative interpretation or production of an existing work.
• Other: Other new work or demonstrably new or innovative interpretations or productions of an existing work.
  

Recorded/Rendered Creative Works (Film/Video, Performance, Inter-arts, Digital Creative work, Website/Web exhibition, Other). These are defined as:

• Film/Video: Film or video.
• Performance: Performances created specifically for a recorded medium.
• Inter-arts: Recorded/rendered creative works, often experimental, produced in association with other researchers in other disciplinary fields.
• Digital creative work: Creative 3D models, including digital outputs of architectural and design projects, computer programs,games and visual artworks.
• Website/Web exhibition: These are eligible as recorded/rendered creative works if the eligible researcher is the creator of the creative worksfeatured in the website. Curated web-based exhibitions of other people's creative works must be submitted as Curated or Produced Substantial Public Exhibitions and Events.
• Other: Other recorded/rendered creative works not listed above.
  

Curated or Produced Substantial Public Exhibitions and Events (Web-based exhibition, Exhibition/Event, Festival, Other). These are defined as:

• Curated or Produced Substantial Public Exhibitions and Events:
• Web-based Exhibition: The curation and/or production of an internet website presenting a collection of creative works where the internet is the medium of the exhibited works.
• Exhibition/Event: The curation and/or production of a collection of creative works exhibited together for the first time, in that particular arrangement, in a recognised gallery, museum, or event. This should be accompanied by a well researched publication that includes the time and location of the exhibition.
• Festival: The curation of a festival bringing together innovative work or existing works in an innovative format or through a theme that provides new perspectives and/or experiences.
• Other: Curated or substantial public exhibitions and events that do not fit into the above output types.

Further information

For detailed instructions on submitting Creative Works to CRO, visit FAQ’s: Creative Works.

For any further information, please contact Lisa Jones (Research and Creative Works Verifier) at: lijones@csu.edu.au.