Research Methodologies in Art Studies

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

- Become familiar with the contemporary problems and methodologies of advanced research in Art Studies, paying special attention to the relation between the practical and investigative dimensions.

- Discuss the particularities of each knowledge field and its links with other scientific fields.

- Explore links between art studies and digital humanities.

- Understand the different methodological approaches to the arts throughout history and in present times.

- Develop analysis and discussion skills about critical issues in film and image studies, music studies, theatre studies, and performance studies.

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

- Write the draft of a PhD research project in Art Studies.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The variety of methodologies in Art Studies.

2. Research and Practice in Art Studies.

3. Knowledge fields, Interdisciplinarity, and Transdisciplinarity.

4. Arts Research and Digital Humanities.

5. Methodological approaches to the arts throughout history and in present times.

6. Critical issues in the methodologies used in Film and Image Studies, Music Studies, Theatre Studies, and Performance Studies:

6.1. Analysis and Theory of the new audiovisual forms.

6.2. Tools for studying primary sources in Music.

6.3. Evidence and documentation in the processes of reconstruction of performances.

Head Lecturer(s)

Fernando Matos de Oliveira

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Classroom presentation on a previously selected subject to be delivered in written form at the end of the semester: 100.0%

Bibliography

BEARD, David & Kenneth GLOAG. Musicology: The Key Concepts. Routledge, 2005.

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

KOLKER, Robert, ed. The Oxford Handbook of Film and Media Studies. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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

MORRIS, Geraldine & Larraine NICHOLAS, eds. Rethinking Dance History: Issues and Methodologies, Routledge, 2017.

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

POSTLEWAIT Thomas & Bruce A. MCCONACHIE, eds. Interpreting the Theatrical Past: Essays in the Historiography of Performance. University of Iowa Press, 1991.

RICHARDSON, John, Claudia GORBMAN  & Carol VERNALLIS, eds. The Oxford Handbook of New Audiovisual Aesthetics. Oxford University Press, 2013.

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