Beskrivning av kursen
The course – delivered through English – is a primer in core research concepts and competencies at doctoral level. Topics include how research is variously construed; taxonomies and the organization of knowledge; and different ways of constructing questions of method, methodology and research design across the creative arts. It also addresses some key methods and research design elements including; experiment; case study; proof of concept; and journaling/note-taking. The course additionally introduces and historicises the contested constructs of research within the art field and within the university more generally. It examines the description of the researcher role with reference to research ethics and ideas of research ‘ethos’. It explores some of the different ways in which knowledge practices and formations have been represented in popular media, described in different traditions, and critiqued within current debates in the arts. It considers key concepts such as discipline and the legitimation of knowledge claims in a variety of ways; some strategies of method disclosure; and the “anti”-method positions of some authors.
Other informationThe course is introductory and basic for doctoral studies in nature, which means that it will be necessary for each researcher to do independent work (identifying their own additional resources) to elaborate their own positions and practices vis-a-vis research method questions and debates.The basic purpose of the course is to enable you as a researcher:• to articulate (and problematize) the difference between method (how something is done) and methodology (how a particular way of researching is described, explicated and reasoned) with reference to your actual enquiry• to identify and evaluate the viability of different research methods and different forms of argumentation with respect to how research is organized, implemented and communicated within your wider field of enquiry (not just your own project)• to develop a clearer “research design” and "research plan" for the completion of your own doctoral research project• and to situate your own research undertakings with respect to debates about the viability / non-viability of method disclosures in research practices across the arts and other domains. (i.e., to understand why “method” talk is so contentious for some colleagues, and work out your own position.)The basic model of doctoral education (that we adopt here) is that one learns the craft of research by doing a substantial and sustained research project of several years duration (typically 3 to 5 years, varying according to institutional and national contexts). Therefore, there is in doctoral learning processes a particular concrete research project AND a more general expanded discussion of the principles, challenges, protocols, and cultures of research practice.Often, the way in which a doctoral research project is communicated and disclosed within the examination process for the award is different from the way everyday research work (outside of an examination process) is done, because in the doctoral exam process there is a very specifically tuned and highly focused scrutiny for the purposes of the exam.One aspect of this is that grappling with foundational or primary epistemological questions (theories of knowledge); methodological questions; and general contextualization is made very prominent in the doctoral exam process. (This can create paradoxes for all concerned but is typically seen as a pedagogically useful way to develop critical judgement and epistemological position.)This will often give rise to a challenge for artistic practitioners: How do you frame what you are doing as not only the PRODUCTION of craftwork / art / design / theatre / music etc. but also as the ACTION of enquiry / generating new understanding for others / creating new knowledge and insight etc? Part of this will mean that often the existing ways in which the research project is described and announced may be challenged or questioned.
Please send a short description of your doctoral project
Målgrupp
TThis course compulsory for doctoral researchers at HSM and HDK-Valand who are pursuing research in any subject other than music education / research on arts education. The course is also open to doctoral researchers in creative subjects in other institutions in Sweden and internationally. Participants based in the Artistic Faculty at University of Gothenburg are expected to attend in person, while those from other institutions have the option to participate remotely (online).
Behörighet och urval
Förkunskapskrav
Behörig att antas till kursen är den som är antagen till utbildning på forskarnivå vid konstnärliga fakulteten, Göteborgs universitet.
Urval
Urval görs enligt följande:
1.Doktorander vid Konstnärliga fakultet
2. Doktorander vid annan fakultet inom Göteborgs universitet
3. Doktorander antagna vid andra lärosäten
Övrig information
Monday 1 Feb 14:30-17:00
Monday 15 Feb 14:30-17:00
Monday 22 Feb 12:30-18:00
Tuesday 23 Feb 12:30-18:00
Monday 1 Mar 14:30-17:30
Tuesday 2 Mar 14:30-17:30
Monday 15 Mar 12:30-18:00
Monday 5 Apr 14:30-17:30
Tuesday 6 Apr 14:30-17:30
Mon 19 Apr 14:30-17:30
Tues 20 Apr 14:30-17:30
Mon 3 May 14:30-17:30
Tues 4 May 14:30-17:30
Mon 14 Jun 12:30-18:00
Tues 15 Jun 12:30-18:00
Kursplan
KF3BAS2
Institution
HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design
Ämne
Konst
Typ av kurs
Metodkurs
Sökord
methodology, research design, discipline, research ethos