Scope

The definition of creative and research activities offers a broad framework that recognizes the diversity of scholarship that takes place at IU Indianapolis. The activities outlined below may not necessarily take place in all schools or departments, nor be relevant to specific unit or disciplinary goals.  

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Policy Statement

DEFINITION OF CREATIVE AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Creative activities and research include, but are not limited to, laboratory-, field-based, and other empirical hypothesis- or objective-driven explorations; public scholarship and community engagement; interpretation of texts, data, or other media; development of theoretical models, datasets, and technologies; testing and replication of existing models and research; curation of collections and exhibitions; exploration, preservation, and interpretation of historical documents, artifacts, languages, literatures, performing and fine arts; and the creation of new literatures, performing, fine arts, and design at IU Indianapolis.  

Central to the process of creative activity and research is the dissemination and/or communication of this work to and with scholarly communities and publics more broadly.  

Assessment of creative and research productivity should reflect the diversity of research contexts and aims. Assessment should be calibrated (whether quantitatively or qualitatively) appropriately and holistically.  

Any articulation of the university’s mission for research and creative activities, and the resources that support that mission, must reflect the full, and exceptionally diverse, range of research and creative activities on campus in ways that are equitable, inclusive, and just.

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History

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