Art Practices and Research in the Arts

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

- Theoretical presentation carried out by the teacher

- Classroom discussion

- Contact with researchers in the arts

- Practical exercises.

Learning Outcomes

- Present in a critical manner the contemporary problematics and methodologies of Arts Research, namely in the context of practice-as-research.

- Discuss the main topics and theories in the study of artistic practices as well as their players and institutions.

- Develop analysis and discussion skills in the heterogeneous and interdisciplinary context of international research on the multiplicity of artistic phenomena in their social, cultural, and political aspects.

- Promote the development and implementation of projects of artistic creation and research in Art Studies for academic purposes and also to enhance scientific curricula by applying knowledge, methodologies, and skills adjusted to the unique features of each project.

- Articulate the previous goals with the fields of film and image studies, musical studies, and drama and performance studies.

- Explore links between artistic practices, art studies, and digital humanities.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Basics of Arts Research

2. Voices of Arts Research

3. Contexts of Arts Research

4. Creative Practice and Scientific Research

5. Practice-as-Research

6. Disciplinary Fields and Interdisciplinary Studies

7. Digital Humanities.

Head Lecturer(s)

Fernando Matos de Oliveira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Laboratory work or Field work: 100.0%

Bibliography

BARONE, Tom & Elliot W. EISNER. Arts Based Research. SAGE, 2011.

BIGGS, Michael & Henrik Karlsson, eds. The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts. Routledge, 2012.

LEAVY, Patricia. Method Meets Art: Arts-Based Research Practice, 2.ª ed. Guilford Press, 2015.

LEVENBERG, Lewis, Tai NEILSON, & David RHEAMS, eds. Research Methods for the Digital Humanities. Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

NELSON, Robin. Practice as Research in the Arts: Principles, Protocols, Pedagogies, Resistances. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

SMITH, Hazel e Roger T. DEAN, eds. Practice-led Research, Research-led Practice in the Creative Arts. Edinburgh University Press, 2009.

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DONALD, James e Michael RENOV, eds. The SAGE Handbook of Film Studies. SAGE Publications, 2008.

KERSHAW, Baz e Helen NICHOLSON, eds. Research Methods in Theatre and Performance. Edinburgh Press, 2012.

SAMPSEL, Laurie J. Music Research: A Handbook. Oxford University Press, 2009.