Artistic and Art-Based Research Methods

The Mutual Developments of Theory and Practice in Contemporary Art Research

Authors

  • Boel Christensen-Scheel
  • Venke Aure Oslo Metropolitan University
  • Kristin Bergaust Oslo Metropolitan University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7577/information.5078

Abstract

This special issue is intended as a contribution to the field of artistic research with a particular focus on artistic and art-based methods. Finding that reflections and scientific articles on artistic research often argue for the relevance and position of artistic research as research in itself, it is here the intention to promote and develop the variety in artistic research methodology and also discuss the relations between artistic practice and research practice. The issue consists of one previously published video work and 12 original articles – 11 are written in English and one in Danish, the latter will appear in an English translation later this year.

The presented methods cover conceptual, material, analytical and observational modes of research, and most of the authors are both artists and researchers – that is, working in higher education and holding PhDs or positions as professors.

Table of contents

1. Forms of artistic and art-based research

2. Material constrictions and relations

3. Artistic research in a social context

4. Extended conceptions of knowledge in an art-related research context

Author Biographies

Boel Christensen-Scheel

Boel Christensen-Scheel is professor in art theory and aesthetics at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts and is Dean at the Art and Craft Department.

Venke Aure, Oslo Metropolitan University

Venke Aure is Professor in Art Didactics at the Oslo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Technology, Art and Design, Department of Art, Design and Drama.

Kristin Bergaust, Oslo Metropolitan University

Kristin Bergaust is an artist, artistic researcher and professor in contemporary art at Oslo Metropolitan University, Faculty of Technology, Art and Design, Department of Art, Design and Drama.

References

Aure, V. (2020). Exploring Eco-social Art Strategies to Expand Onto-epistemological and Methodological Positions in Qualitative Research. In K. Bergaust, R. Smite and D. Silina (Eds.), Oslofjord Ecologies. Artistic Research on Environmental and Social Sustainability, Acoustic Space Journal 18(3), 135-152. http://rixc.org/en/acousticspace/issue/788/

European Research Council, 2018, How to define research impact. ERC: European Research Council (europa.eu), retrieved September 12th 2022. https://erc.europa.eu/news/how-define-research-impact

Gieryn, T.F. (1983): “Boundary-Work and the Demarcation of Science from Non-Science: Strains and Interests in Professional Ideologies of Scientists”, American Sociological Review 48(6) pp. 781-795, https://www.jstor.org/stable/i336539

Kunnskapsdepartmentet, 2018. Forskrift for gradene philosophiae doctor (ph.d.) og philosophiae doctor (ph.d.) i kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid ved Norges teknisk–naturvitenskapelig universitet (NTNU), Retrieved 21.09.2022. https://lovdata.no/dokument/LTI/forskrift/2018-12-05-1878

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Published

2022-10-03

How to Cite

Christensen-Scheel, B., Aure, V., & Bergaust, K. (2022). Artistic and Art-Based Research Methods: The Mutual Developments of Theory and Practice in Contemporary Art Research. Nordic Journal of Art & Research, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.7577/information.5078

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 1 (2022): Artistic and Art-Based Research Methods

Section

Introduction

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