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– Artistic Research

Mika Hannula, Juha Suoranta & TV, Artistic Research. Theories, Methods, Practices.
Gothenburg University/ArtMonitor & University of Fine Arts, Helsinki, 2005.

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Table of contents
Preface
Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

* 1.1 The Current Situation in Artistic Research
* 1.2 The Need for Artistic Research

2 Two Metaphores and Thier Consequenses

* 2.1 Metaphor One: Democracy of Experiences
o 2.1.1 The Demarcation of Scientific Research:
Openness and Self-criticism
o 2.1.2 Democracy of Experiences to the Rescue
o 2.1.3 What is Scientific Maturity?
* 2.2 Metaphor Two: Methodological Abundance
o 2.2.1 Methodological Over-abundance and Anarchy
o 2.2.2 Experience and Art
o 2.2.3 Experience and Language
* 2.3 Beyond Objectivism and Relativism: Ethical Encounters
o 2.3.1 Ethical Encounters
o 2.3.2 Openness, Criticality and Ethics: A Methodological Summary

3 Methodological Faces of Artistic Research

* 3.1 Conversation and Dialogue
* 3.2 The Analysis of Art and Media Representations and Objects
* 3.3 Collaborative Case Studies
* 3.4 Ethnography and Interventions
o 3.4.1 Ethnography
o 3.4.2 Interventions
* 3.5 Practice-based Research

4 Artistic Research in Practice

* 4.1 Research Practice: Guidelines
* 4.2 Examples of Research Practices
o 4.2.1 Case Study 1: OEI – A research collective
o 4.2.2 Case Study 2: Jacqueline Donachie
o 4.2.3 Case Study 3: Olafur Eliasson
o 4.2.4 Case Study 4: Liisa Roberts

5 The Meaning of Artistic Research

* 5.1 The Relevance of Artistic Research
* 5.2 The Reliability of Artistic Research

6 (Instead of) Conclusions

Bibliography