[dundee] Who’s Afraid of Artistic Research (2)?

[Arron Finnon]

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Who's Afraid of Artistic Research (2)?

Thursday 23rd October 2008 1pm - 4pm
DCA Seminar Room

An afternoon seminar about the epistemology and context of
practice-based research.

Compared with the established epistemologies of the humanities, the
social sciences and the natural sciences, the discourse surrounding
practice-based research in art and design is relatively young and
includes a range of diverse approaches. What practice-based research
is or is not, is highly controversial. Does it mean that the
researcher investigates his/her own (visual) practice, or rather, that
visual practice is a means of investigation? Other questions arise in
the context of 'normal science' and the knowledge economy: what are
the goals of such research, and what is the desired outcome?  What are
the connecting lines between art and science, between practice and
theory?

Following on from the student-led symposium Who is Afraid of Artistic
Research? that focused on the comparisons of the UK and European
systems of PhD education, this seminar aims to continue the discussion
of practice-based artistic research with an emphasis on the
individual, their subjects, methods and negotiations within the
discourse of methodology. The afternoon will provide an opportunity to
hear about different approaches to study/research followed by a
chaired discussion that will be open to audience participation.

Speakers:
Armin Medosch, artist/curator/author (Goldsmiths College, London)
Dr Lorens Holm, architect/author (Geddes Institute, University of Dundee)

Chair: Dr Anna Notaro, cultural theorist (MAI, University of Dundee)


The event is free, but advance booking is required: 01382-909900

Dundee Contemporary Arts · Nethergate 152 · Dundee DD1 4DX

http://www.vrc.dundee.ac.uk/Visual_Research_Centre/whats_on.html