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B. BROWN, P. GOUGH, J.RODDIS

Types of Researchin the Creative Arts and Design

2004brighton.ac.uk/arts/research

rsum Zitat Begriffe

1 B. sttzt sich auf die HEFCE-(Higher Education Funding CouncilEngland) Definition von appliedscience und auf die

Stellungnahme des AHRC aufdessen Evaluationsbericht'Review of Research Assessment'um eine Typologisierungvorzuschlagen

practice-led research --applied research

2 Initial requests for advice on theseissues (of Scholarly Research andApplied Research as specific within thecreative arts and design) made clearthat research in these fields varies inpractices, methods and types of

knowledge

Scholarly Research--Applied Research

3 Kurze Geschichte derKunsthochschulreformen in UKund der Qualittsevaluation RAE,die 1986 begann.

4 Nach der Research AssessmentExercise 1992 explodierteregelrecht die Forschung imBereich der Kunsthochschulen.

However, such research had not, untilthat time, been understood orarticulated within an appropriatetypology that located it within theacademy alongside other forms of

knowledge (it being described mostly asprofessional practice) that is, it hadbeen imprecisely expressed as researchpracticed within the academy.

Qualitative Research --professional practice

5 Das Hauptanliegen der creativearts und des Design zwischen1992-2000 war dieProfessionalisierung,Systematisierung undDifferenzierung der Forschung.Eine grosse Schwierigkeit war:

to distinguish the outputs of practicefrom research

practice =/= research

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7 Der RAE 2001 erwhnte mehrereBezeichnungen von Forschungen,alle unter dem Begriff practice-led

Fine Art (including Painting,Printmaking, Photography);Performance/Installation (includingSculpture); Time-Based Arts (includingFilm, Animation, Video, Virtual Reality,Multimedia, Digital and Interactive Artand Design); Textiles (including printed,woven, embroidered, multimedia textile

design and tapestry); Fashion; AppliedArts/Craft Design (includingSilversmithing/Jewellery, Ceramics,Glass); Graphic and CommunicationDesign (including Software Design forDigital Artefacts); Art and Design in theLandscape; Interior, Theatre, Exhibitionand Events Design; Industrial Design(including Automotive Design, Productand Furniture Design); Pedagogy in Artand Design; Cultural Studies and Art and

Design Theory, where this is related tocurrent practice and culture, performingarts/music (integrated to visual arts)

8 Das AHRB (ab 1998) : focussed on the perceived problematicof practice-led research in the creativearts and design by emphasising theimportance of process (questions,context, methods, dissemination) at theexpense of types (of knowledge) workingin the field.

9 B. stellt fest: Just as the practice-led debate mayhave tended to generate more heat than

light so may it have diverted focus awayfrom discussion on the types of art anddesign knowledge and their complexity also, the ways in which these may becreated, tested and contested.

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Die Anforderung des AHRB wirdvon den Kunstfakulttenmissbilligt, dass nmlich:

a creative, performance, or practice-ledoutput should be allowed to stand on itsown as a record of researchactivitywe have come to theconclusion that this documentation atleast for the purposes of RAE should

be required to be presented in verbalwritten form.

B. meint, dass eineAuseinandersetzng mit demForschungbegriff ntig ist, wenndie Forschung derKunsthochschulen sich behauptenwill.

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Er schlgt eine Typologisierungvor, die davon ausgeht, dass :

both applied research and scholarlyresearch in thecreative arts and design could be seento be located at either end of a morecomplex typology (though theterminologies used at this stage areapproximate) of research practices thatcould be described as

Forschungstypen: a.scholarly research b. pureresearch c. develepmentalresearch d. appliedresearch

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2Tabelle mit den Charakteristikader vier Typen (hier nur dieUntertitel) :

a. scholarly research => createsintellectual infrastructure

b. pure research => asks key questions

c. develepmental research=> testsrelevant issues

d. applied research => solves specificproblems

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Vorschlag B. : the Arts and Humanities ResearchCouncil should be invited to undertake asystematic exploration of researchtypologies in the creative arts anddesign; drawing upon expertise fromrelated research fields and resulting in apublication with worked examples andcase histories that serve to illuminateand exemplify the debate

Systematische Erforschungder Forschungstypologienin Kunst und Design undPublikation mitFallbeispielen.

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