The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts<
Trade Review
'In view of the quality of the chapters as well as the overall diversity and content of the book, it is difficult to find some weak spots.' – Johan Verbeke, vice-dean FAK
'This book is a wonderful volume of high quality contributions which make this obligatory reading for all researchers and PhD supervisors active in the domain of artistic research and research through design(ing). The book also nicely shows that artistic research merits now its own place in academia and should be given the necessary funds to develop its own discourse and methods.' – Johan Verbeke, vice-dean FAK
'The practice-led PhD, which began in the U.K., is now ubiquitous in several parts of the world. As the doctorate becomes more settled in university life, it becomes increasingly important to reach a balanced understanding of its basic concepts, methods, and outcomes. What is artistic research? How does art create new knowledge? How can a PhD-level art exhibition be assessed for quality? This book is the first comprehensive look at concepts such as research, knowledge, creativity, the visual, experiment, quality, and assessment, as they are used in practice-based programmes influenced by the U.K. and E.U. models of higher education. Now that art is being taught in universities at the doctoral level, it may spur a fundamental rethinking of the university’s basic concepts of professionalism, community, and purpose. For that reason this book is also an irreplaceable resource for those interested in the coherence and idea of the university as a whole.' – James Elkins, The Art Institute of Chicago
'This book is the first comprehensive look at concepts such as research, knowledge, creativity, the visual, experiment, quality, and assessment, as they are used in practice-based programmes influenced by the U.K. and E.U. models of higher education.' – James Elkins, The Art Institute of Chicago
'this book is a wonderful volume of high quality contributions which make this obligatory reading for all researchers and PhD supervisors active in the domain of artistic research and research through design(ing).' – Johan Verbeke, vice-dean FAK
'The Routledge Companion is a rich resource for those engaged in research as academic practitioners, and those teaching masters or supervising doctoral students. In these latter contexts it is useful to those engaged in the discussion of research methods in the arts and provides students with an important sense of context in which their research outputs might find their voice. For academic practitioners, the essays provide a way to consider how practice might be articulated as research, and evidence of a shared research environment in which they can approach this with some authenticity. Each essay is packed with references to what is now becoming a rich literature on arts research and a useful resource through which to explore the complexity and diversity of approaches in the field.' – Dr Tracy Piper-Wright, Glyndwr University, UK
Table of Contents
Part I: Foundations Chapter 1: University Politics and Practice-based Research Chapter 2: Pleading for Plurality: artistic and other kinds of research Chapter 3: The Production of Knowledge in Artistic Research Chapter 4: Some Notes on Mode 1 and Mode 2: adversaries or dialogue partners? Chapter 5: Communities, Values, Conventions and Actions Chapter 6: Artistic Cognition and Creativity Chapter 7: The Role of the Artefact and Frameworks for Practice-based Research Chapter 8: Embodied Knowing Through Art Part II: Voices Chapter 9: Rhetoric: Writing, Reading and Producing the Visual Chapter 10: Research and the Self Chapter 11: Addressing the ‘Ancient Quarrel’: creative writing as research Chapter 12: The Virtual and the Physical: a phenomenological approach to performance research Chapter 13: Navigating in Heterogeneity: architectural thinking and art based research Chapter 14: Insight and Rigour: a Freudo-Lacanian approach Chapter 15: Transformational Practice: on the place of material novelty in artistic change Chapter 16: Time and Interaction: research through non-visual arts and media Chapter 17: Thinking About Art after the Media: research as practised culture of experiment Part III: Contexts Chapter 18: Characteristics of Visual and Performing Arts Chapter 19: Differential Iconography Chapter 20: Writing and the PhD in Fine Art Chapter 21: Research Training in the Creative Arts and Design Chapter 22: No Copyright and No Cultural Conglomerates: new opportunities for artists Chapter 23: Evaluating Quality in Artistic Research
