Art and Research
Code
73217153
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências da Comunicação
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Margarida Acciaiuoli de Brito
Weekly hours
2
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To define a general perspective on the mechanisms and reasons that configured art as a scientific research subject.
b) To demonstrate how a certain approach to the artistic object can contribute not only to its apprehension, but also to enrich the perspective of the ones dedicated to creation.
c) To acknowledge the necessary research tools and identify the transformations that have marked the research process itself.
d) To call attention to the scientific fields that must be attended on the studies to develop and underline the increasing importance that some of them assume.
Prerequisites
Subject matter
1. Research problems in the art´s field.
2. The process of identification and constitution of the object of study.
3. Art practices and Human Sciences.
4. The research paradoxes and the importance of case-studies.
5. Critical exploration of research examples.
Bibliography
Danto, Arthur,C., Narration and Knowledge, N.Y., Columbia Press, 1985
Didi-Huberman, Limage survivante: histoire de lart et temps dês fantomes selon Aby Warburg, Paris, Éditions Minuit, 2002
Didi-Huberman, Quand les images prennent position, Paris, Éditions Minuit, 2008
De Duve, Thierry, Au nom de lArt, Paris, Hazan,2005
Ricouer, Paul, Temps et récit, Paris, Points, 1991
Teaching method
The sessions have an explanation component, resulting from the interventions of the teacher and specialists on the subjects under analysis, followed by a discussion of the questions on focus or that derive from researches already started by the candidates for a PHD degree. The sessions will always be supported by the presentation of works of art that illustrate and document the contents of the Seminar. The students will be encouraged to present critical surveys of the most relevant texts included on the bibliography or that emerge from the group debates.
Evaluation method
Participation on the seminar and submission of critical surveys: 50%
Submission of an essay (15 pages) focused on one of the problematics under discussion in the seminars: 50%.