Seminário de Investigação Artística
Code
73202107
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências Musicais
Credits
5
Teacher in charge
Jorge Matta
Weekly hours
1
Teaching language
Português e Inglês
Objectives
Artistic Research is an emerging paradigm in the field of artistic production, communication, reflection and
education. It stands for research where the ´mode´ of presentation is an essential part of the output,
combining the procedures of scientific research with artistic creation.
The aim of this seminar is to present and familiarize the participants with the concept and practice of Artistic
Research, paving the way to their future doctoral projects. Moreover, it aims at inducing a relevant
transformation in the artistic practices and conceptual proficiency of the participants. Key matters will be: to
develop necessary vocabularies for debate; to heighten awareness of models and opportunities at the
interface between theory and practice in the field of music; to conceptualise relations between theory and
practice as a part of the problem-solving process; to provide examples of effective research practice; to
engage with inter- and transdisciplinarity.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
In order to set-up a discussion on topics that are relevant to Artistic Research diverse key concepts and
authors will be presented and discussed, according to the following modules:
1. Philosophical Aesthetics (Kant, Schiller, Hegel, Adorno)
2. Politics of Aesthetics (Marcuse, Jacques Rancière)
3. Post-war French Philosophy (Deleuze & Guattari, Lyotard)
4. Phenomenology (Husserl, Merleau-Ponty)
5. Epistemology (Bachelard, Thomas Kuhn, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger)
6. Psychoanalysis (Freud, Guattari)
7. Neurosciences (Damásio, Jean Vion-Dury)
8. Performance studies (John Rink, Nicholas Cook)
Bibliography
Barrett, Estelle and Barbara Bolt (ed.), Practice as Research. Approaches to Creative Arts Enquiry,London:
Tauris,2007
Borgdorff, Henk, ´The Debate on Research in the Arts´, in Sensuous Knowledge, Bergen:National Academy
of the Arts,2006
Coessens, Kathleen, Darla Crispin and Anne Douglas, The Artistic Turn, Ghent:Orpheus Institute, 2009
De Assis, Paulo, ´Beyond Urtext: A dynamic approach to music editing´, in Dynamics of Constraints - Essays on Notation, Performance and Improvisation, Ghent:Orpheus Institute, 2009
Hannula, Mika, Juha Suornta and Tere Vadén, Artistic Research, Helsinki, 2005
Macleod, Katy and Lin Holdridge, Thinking through Art. Reflections on Art as Research, London: Routledge,
2006
Östersjö, Stefan, Negotiating the Musical Work, Malmö: Academy of Performing Arts, 2008
Rink, John, Musical Performance: A Guide to Understanding, Cambridge U. Press, 2003
Schön, Donald, The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action. New York: Basic Books, 1982
Teaching method
The Seminar will take place in the form of regular sessions (weekly or every two weeks). At the start a ´Guide´ and a ´Reader´ will be distributed, containing all the texts and further bibliographical references that will be
used during the Seminar. The doctoral students will write short comments (around 150 words) on those texts
before every session, enabling a productive discussion. Short reports will also be expected after the ´Guest
Lectures´. Furthermore, at the end of the Seminar, a new version of the envisaged Research Projects of every
individual student is to be delivered.
Evaluation method
The final evaluation will be made based upon: the short comments produced during the semester (25%), the new version of the Research Project (25%), a 20 minutes presentation and discussion (50%). Pluralistic, inter- and transdisciplinary approaches are encouraged. The anchorage at the practice of art is an indispensable prerequisite.