2134/3809 Phil Sawdon Phil Sawdon Jane Tormey Jane Tormey Are ambiguous research outcomes undesirable? Loughborough University 2008 untagged Studies in the Creative Arts and Writing not elsewhere classified 2008-10-24 13:53:52 Online resource https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/online_resource/Are_ambiguous_research_outcomes_undesirable_/9332477 This paper supports the position that interpretation in the visual and performing arts is fundamentally different from other disciplines. Specifically – in responding to the question: “Are un-ambiguous research outputs in the arts possible or desirable?” we argue that ambiguous research outputs are both desirable and inevitable – and that “interpretation” should not be constrained by the requirement of unambiguous language and that practice-based research should strive to demonstrate its findings by methods most appropriate to the mode of practice in question.