Seminar 1 - Norwegian Artistic Research School

Research fellows participating in the Norwegian Artistic Research School.  Recommended time is first semester.

• masters fundamental theory for artistic research  
• can describe the diversity in theories and methods in artistic research, and reflect on and argue for choices of methods and processes in own artistic research 

Digital seminar with preparatory assignments, lectures, presentations in varied formats, plenary discussions and discussions in groups.

Before the seminar, all participants need to:

1) Read the literature on the mandatory reading list.

2) Submit an abstract in English of your project (max 500 words) to pku@diku.no by January 5, 2021.

3) Provide a small example from your work: This should only give others a glimpse into the project, a sense of the identity of the project or simply make them curious.

• Depending on the project, this can be in the form of an image, video, sound file, text or mixed media.
• If delivered in writing, a text of no more than 100-200 words is expected.
• If delivered as media files or a mixed media exposition, it should take no more than 1-2 min for others to study the material.
• The deadline for submitting this is January 5, 2021.
• Material is to be sent to pku@diku.no as a PDF or as a link to online mixed or multimedia material.

4) All participants must study each other's material in advance of the workshop in preparation for discussions and feedback. The material will be distributed a week before the seminar.

• Borgdorff, H. (2011): The production of knowledge in artistic reseach. In M. Biggs & H. Karlsson (eds.), The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts. London: Routledge. P. 44-63). Retrieved from: https://www.researchcatalogue.net/profile/show-work?work=129647 

• Kjørup, S. (2006): Another Way of Knowing: Baumgarten, Aesthetics, and the Concept of Sensuous Cognition. In: Sensuous knowledge 1, Bergen Academy of Art and Design. Retrieved from: https://www.academia.edu/17824500/Another_Way_of_Knowing 

• Malterud, N. (2012): Artistic research - necesarry and challenging. In Nordic Journal of Art and Research, 1 (1). (pp. 57-68). Oslo and Akershus University College. Retrieved from: https://www.ninamalterud.no/pdf/tekster_kunstutd/Malterud_Artistic_Research_2012.pdf  (English) https://doi.org/10.7577/information.v1i1.217 (Norwegian).

Recommended reading:

• Borgdorff, H. (2013): The conflict of the faculties. On theory, practice and research in professional arts academies. Chapter 1 in The Conflict of the Faculties. Perspectives on Artistic Research and Academia. Leiden University Press. P- 16-26. Retrieved from: https://www.researchcatalogue.net/profile/show-work?work=129308 

Monday 18 January, 2021:

• 10.00 – 10.15 Welcome and introduction to the Norwegian Artistic Research School, Anne-Helen Mydland and Linda Lien
• 10.15 – 11.00 Artistic Research at the Doctoral Level – An Overview, Nina Malterud
• 11.00 - 11.30 Conversation between Nina Malterud and Trond Lossius - questions and comments
• 11:30 – 12.00 Break
• 12.00 – 13.00 The HyPer(sonal) Piano Project. Research fellowship project presented by graduated research fellow Morten Qvenild
• 13.00 – 13.15 Break
• 13.15 – 14.30 Workshop 1 (project examples)
• 14.30 – 14.45 Break
• 14.45 –  15.15 Plenum session - summing up

Tuesday 19 January, 2021

• 10.00 – 10.45 Introduction to methodology in Artistic Research. Trond Lossius 
• 10.45 – 11.30 Group work session. Group discussions on Artistic Research methods. 3 groups, led by Trond Lossius, Jostein Gundersen, Linda Lien
• 11:30 – 12:00 Break
• 12:00 – 13:00 Workshop 2 (methods)
• 13.00 – 13.15 Break
• 13.15 – 14.45 Workshop 3 (open up the project to others - when, where, and how)
• 14.45 –  15.15 Plenum session - summing up

Wednesday 20 January, 2021

• 10.00 – 11:15 The research fellowship project as a starting point - an illustrated conversation between Morten Quenlid, Jostein Gundersen, and Ane Thon Knutsen
• 11.15 – 11.30 Break
• 11.30 – 12.30 Workshop 4 (abstracts)
• 12.30 - 13.00 Break
• 13.00 – 13.30 Summary from workshops/discussions, moderator: Linda Lien
• 13.30 - 14.30 A  printing press of one´s own. Research fellowship project presented by graduated fellow Ane Thon Knutsen
• 14.30 - 15.00 What´s next? Seminar 2 and Artistic Research Spring Forum: What to expect and what to prepare, Annette Arlander and Geir Ivar Strøm
• 15.00  15.15 Closing session

• Linda Lien (seminar leader)
• Jostein Gundersen
• Nina Malterud
• Trond Lossius
• Morten Qvenild
• Ane Thon Knutsen

Norwegian Artistic Research School offers through seminars, meetings and conferences joint training for doctoral fellows in Artistic Research.

Read more about the Norwegian Artistic Research School here

All fellows should be familiar with the regulations for their home institution, or the Norwegian Artistic Research Programme (for those who are not part of a PhD-programme):

• Guidelines for the Norwegian Artistic Research Programme
• Regulations for Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
• Regulations for University of Bergen (UiB)
• Regulations for Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH)
• Regulations for The Norwegian Academy of Art and Design (KHiO)