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Research Methodologies in Arts

Code 16270
Year 1
Semester S1
ECTS Credits 15
Workload OT(15H)/TP(45H)
Scientific area Artes
Entry requirements N. A.
Learning outcomes Provide students with the skills necessary to:
a) Understand the specificities of scientific writing and its ethical requirements.
b) Know the diversity of methodological approaches to an object of study.
c) Autonomously develop a proposal for a scientific research project in the field of arts research.
Syllabus 1. Introduction to scientific ethics;
1.1. Essential rules of scientific writing;
1.2. Dissemination of scientific production;
1.3. Referencing standards
1.4. Formatting and presentation: pre-textual, textual and post-textual
2. Research methods and techniques in Media Arts;
2.1. Phases of constructing a scientific investigation (delimitation of the topic, bibliographical survey, theoretical framework,
delimitation of the specific object, objectives and hypotheses, choice of methodologies);
2.2. Arts-based research
Main Bibliography ARCHER, B. (1995). The nature of research. Codesign, Interdisciplinary Journal of Design (January), 6–13.
BROUWER, J.; Mulder, A.; Nigten, A. (2005). Research and Development in Art. V2/NAI.
BROWN, T, et alli (2011). En torno a la investigación artística. MACBA/UAB.
FEYERABEND, P. (1988). Against Method. Verso
FRAYLING, C. (1993). Research in Art and Design. Royal College of Art.
JÄRVINEN, P.(2004). On a variety of research output types. University of Tampere.
KNOWLES, G.J. (2008). Handbook of the arts in qualitative research: Perspectives, methodologies, examples, and issues (511-525). Sage.
LEAVY, P. (2009). Art meets method: Arts-based research practice. Guilford Press.
ROSE, G. (2001). Visual methodologies: an introduction to the interpretation of visual materials, Sage.
SILBERBERGER, J. Ed. (2022). Against and for Method: Revisiting Architectural Design as Research. gta Verlag
SULLIVAN, G. (2005). Art practice as research: Inquiry in the visual arts. Sage.
Language Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
Last updated on: 2026-01-16

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