Research Methodology Seminars II

Instance: 2021/2022 - 2S

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The curricular unit "Seminars of Research Methodologies II" proposes a meeting with various artistic intensities, insofar as thinking methodologies in the field of art is done in an approximation to the practice. From the discussion on what could be a "practical methodology" and the essay on its various operational modes, it is intended to trigger the invention of a theoretical-practical individual research context.

"Research Methodology Seminars II" seeks, in the same way:

1) find solutions for an interconnection between this UC and the educational path of students in the context of Master. This communication seeks that the final material produced in this course unit, incorporate any reports of the course unit that students have to deliver at the end of the 1st year of the Master;

2) To provide students with a structured document presenting a plastic project and research intentions for the potential creation of an orientation team, scheduled for the beginning of the 2nd year of the Master's program;

3) Create a document that can be used as a starting point for the work to be carried out in the course Unit Study and Research Practices;

4) Learning and consolidation of processes, notions and methodologies, simultaneously incorporating new proposals and maturing the capacity for reflection and artistic-scientific production;

5) Involvement in the production of critical knowledge and creative thinking as a means to reflect and express cultural values;

6) Encourage the consideration and knowledge of creative processes to reframe the understanding of different tools, technologies, theories, concepts and methods.

Learning outcomes and competences

1. Understand and rehearse what could be a "practical methodology" in the field of art.


2. Develop the individual context of research in artistic practice.


3. Develop a critique of contemporary issues related to art and research.


4. Exercise the ability to communicate written and oral in the argumentation of the theoretical and practical component of the research work.


5. Develop the capacity for discussion and reflection regarding the structuring of the research project and the individual artistic practice.


6. Build mental maps to exercise the ability to organize, structure and prioritize concepts relevant to student research.


7. Organize round table sessions, presentations of student intentions and research, and peer review sessions among UC students.


8. Structure a first written transitional document for the second year of MSc (2000-3000 words) structured as follows:

1- Provisional title;

2- Main research question and subsequent research questions;

3 - Abstract / Abstract (300 words);

4- Introduction;

5- State of the Art (up to 1000 words);

6- Project report (the document on the artistic practice of each student of delivery in the Studio UC;

7- Scheduling;

8- Bibliography (up to 30 references);

9- Attachments.

        9. Reveal an ethical conscience around the acts of research and production of scientific and artistic knowledge.

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Comments from the literature

Groys, Boris, “Politics of Installation”, in e-fluxus journal #2: New York, 2009. Harman, Graham, “The Thirth Table”, in 100 Notes - 100 Thoughts / 100 Notizen - 100 Gedanken, Nº 85. Kassel: documenta 13, Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, pp. 4-15, 2012.
Sousa, Ernesto, Ernesto de Sousa e a Arte Popular. Em torno da exposição “Barristas e Imaginários”, Nuno Faria (ed.) CIAJG. A Oficina e Sistema Solar (Documenta), 2014.
Suter, Batia. Surface Series, Batia Suter. Roma Publication 160 e Culturgest, 2011.
Tuerlinckx, Joëlle. LEXICON a compendium of terms for Exhibition Matters/Materials by Joëlle Tuerlinckx. WIELS: Centre d'Art Contemporain, Brussels, 2012

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