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Arts-Based Research

Code 13594
Year 1
Semester S2
ECTS Credits 6
Workload OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area Cinema
Entry requirements Not applicable.
Mode of delivery Face-to-face.
Work placements Not applicable.
Learning outcomes 1) Understand research in the arts as a process of knowledge production.
2) Understand the "creative process" as a fundamental theme of research in the arts, identifying the problems it involves.
3) Understand the "creativity of the process" of research practice through film about art/artists.
Syllabus 1. Artistic research: institutional context.
1.1 Artistic research VS artistic creation. Research paradigms.
2. The creative process
2.1 The act of creation.
2.2 From genetic criticism to process criticism: Cecília Salles
3. The creativity of the process
3.1 Films about art/artists.
4. Preparation of an essay that relates texts about the creative process and a film about art/artist.
Main Bibliography BROWN, T, et all (2011). En torno a la investigación artística. Barcelona: MACBA/UAB.
BAZIN, André (1982), O que é o cinema? Edições 70
DELEUZE, Gilles (1987). O acto de criaçã,La Fémis
KNOWLES, G.J. (2008). Handbook of the arts in qualitative research: Perspectives, methodologies, examples, and issues (511-525). Thousand Oaks: Sage.
LEAVY, P. (2009). Art meets method: Arts-based research practice. New York: Guilford Press.
PEYDRO, Guillermo G. (2019), El cine sobre arte: De la dramatización de la pintura al cine-ensayo, Shangrila
SALES, Cecilia Almeida (2007). Crítica Genética. Fundamentos dos estudos genéticos
sobre o processo de criação artística.
SAVIN-BADEN, M. & WIMPENNY, K. (2014). A Practical Guide to Arts-related Research. Boston: Sense Publishers.
SULLIVAN, G. (2005). Art practice as research: Inquiry in the visual arts. Thousand Oaks: Sage.
WILSON, Mick, et all. (2013) Handbook for Artistic Research Education, ELIA
Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria In class, texts previously read by students are reread and discussed.
The assessment consists of preparing a written essay, presented in class, that discusses a film about art/artists.


Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2024-03-18

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