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Research as a mode of construction; engaging with the artefact in art and design research
2004
We will begin with a brief analysis of some terms and debates; then proceed to some examples of the development of a research economy in art and design education which has accompanied the expansion of what have come to be termed (amongst other things) 'practice based PhDs'. In conclusion, we will touch on the issue of research degrees training and the centrality of the 'artefact debate' to the successful negotiation of the 'practice-based' research degree.
Introduction, What is Research in the Visual Arts? Obsession, Archive, Encounter
With Michael Ann Holly, I programmed the Clark Conference "What is Research in the Visual Arts? Obsession, Archive, Encounter," held on and April . The proceedings of that conference appear in this collection. My opening remarks for the conference, and now for this collection, are entitled "Asking the Question: Why 'What is Research in the Visual Arts? Obsession, Archive, Encounter'?" I'm going to circle around that question, and the questions it raises, in the following pages.
Sorry, the question is wrongly put. We should rather ask: When is a research artistic? - Whenever research employs the artistic mode of perception.
English version of "Künstlerische Forschung", in Hans-Peter Schwarz (Hg.): Zeichen nach vorn. 125 Jahre Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich. Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich, Zürich, 2003
Knowledge in its current form is not identical to the knowledge of the sciences. Scientific knowledge is a specific kind of discourse that is set off from the discourse genres of other, non-scientific areas of competence. In concert, they all form a diversity of essentially equivalent and equally necessary systems. Nonetheless, the currently prevalent style of thinking is that cultivated by the sciences and the humanities. And it is primarily scientific technology that has proven to be the most efficient contributor to contemporary society's focus on innovation. Scholarship and the sciences also constitute the last bastion of a culture that exists exclusively as high culture. Scientific research is a curious mixture of ideology and practice, of realistic procedures and unreal demands. The need to resort to scientific support in order to reinforce the relevance or status of a given area of competence has become obsolete. In this paper I shall outline a few thoughts on the character of research in the fine arts. The concept of research is closely allied with the sciences. Even so, it is fruitful to apply this term to the pragmatic context of artistic endeavour although it is not possible to address the concepts of research and art in greater depth in this context.
Research may be very broadly defined as systematic gathering of data and information and its analysis for advancement of knowledge in any subject. research attempts to find answer intellectual and practical questions through application of systematic methods. Types of research can be classified in many different ways.