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Week - 1
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LO-1
LO-7
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Introduction to research in art: the relationship among art, knowledge, and research; the artist-researcher. Developing research questions from previous work and starting a process journal. |
Lecture
Discussion
Research and Inquiry
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Week - 2
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LO-2
LO-4
LO-6
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Art practice and theory: comparing traditional, modern, postmodern, and contemporary approaches through artwork analysis and a concept map. |
Lecture
Discussion
Concept Mapping
Document/Text/Data Analysis
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Week - 3
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LO-1
LO-3
LO-7
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Art practice as research: arts-based, practice-based, and practice-led approaches; an experiment using observation, interviews, documents, and visual data. |
Lecture
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Research and Inquiry
Document/Text/Data Analysis
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Week - 4
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LO-3
LO-6
LO-7
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Aesthetic and compositional research: producing and comparing alternative compositions through changes in form, color, rhythm, balance, and scale. |
Experiment
Critique/Critical Reading
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
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Week - 5
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LO-3
LO-7
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The possibilities of materials and techniques: physical and semantic properties of materials; documenting technical experiments and comparing results. |
Experiment
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Research and Inquiry
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Week - 6
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LO-3
LO-4
LO-7
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Theme- and concept-focused inquiry: distinguishing topic, theme, concept, problem, and aim; developing the project question, method, and materials. |
Discussion
Proje Design/Management
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
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Week - 7
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LO-2
LO-4
LO-5
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Art-historical and contextual research: comparing artists, artworks, and texts; literature review, visual references, and preparation of the midterm report. |
Critique/Critical Reading
Research and Inquiry
Document/Text/Data Analysis
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Week - 8
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LO-4
LO-5
LO-6
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Midterm and presentation of the project progress report: review of the research problem, aims, theoretical framework, method, sketches, and works in progress; recording feedback. |
Discussion
Team/Group Work
Critique/Critical Reading
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Week - 9
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LO-1
LO-3
LO-7
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Artistic production as a research process: developing projects in response to midterm feedback and tracking decisions about questions, methods, and materials in the process journal. |
Proje Design/Management
Critique/Critical Reading
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
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Week - 10
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LO-3
LO-4
LO-7
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Space-, process-, and performance-based research: examining space, time, body, audience, and process, and visually documenting relevant experiments. |
Case Study
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Research and Inquiry
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Week - 11
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LO-3
LO-4
LO-6
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Interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research: testing and evaluating how concepts, materials, or methods from other fields contribute to the project question. |
Discussion
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Research and Inquiry
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Week - 12
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LO-4
LO-5
LO-6
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Interpretation and writing in artistic research: relating the artwork, process documentation, and theoretical framework; drafting the artist statement and final report. |
Critique/Critical Reading
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
Document/Text/Data Analysis
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Week - 13
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LO-4
LO-5
LO-6
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Ethics, originality, and references: inspiration, quotation, appropriation, citation, consent, and responsible representation; reviewing the project file. |
Lecture
Discussion
Document/Text/Data Analysis
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Week - 14
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LO-4
LO-5
LO-6
LO-7
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Project integration, final critique, and final preparation: evaluating the coherence of the artwork, research question, theoretical framework, report, and portfolio; rehearsal presentation and self-assessment. |
Team/Group Work
Critique/Critical Reading
Practice/Practical Work/Workshop
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