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Research: The Next Generation

In recent years, Europe has seen acceleration of the development towards research in Art Schools, fueled partly by the emphasis on research and third cycle degrees in the course of the Bologna Process, but also by recognition that artists and others involved in creative production employ research in increasingly fluid and interactive ways.

European Art Schools have embarked on a range of different paths to find the best way of embedding an ethos of research in their educational, academic, and artistic goals. Some put the artistic project first; others aim to improve acceptance in the academic worlds; many wish to build robust links to science and humanities; sometimes the need for external funding is the driver; sometimes the desire to ensure that the arts are recognized as an important contribution to the development of our societies and the collective knowledge within them.

Is art producing knowledge? - How do we know? - Who owns knowledge? - Can art make us know? - Should artists engage with research? - Is researching an artistic technique?- Is artistic research ethical? - Is science creative? - How creative should a researcher be?- What will the role for art and artists be in our future societies? - Will art as we know it survive?

1. -From the programme for the Claiming Creativity Symposium 2010

Sketch of the presentation “Directing as research” by Per Zetterfalk. Provided by The Manufacturing Company, Chicago, USA, 23 April 2010