Syllabus

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Students who successfully complete the 2 ECTS version of the course will be able to:
- Demonstrate familiarity with a variety of examples across a broad continuum of research through art and design practices including artistic research, practice-led, and practice-based research approaches
- Demonstrate an ability to connect and critically discuss across the examples including some common issues pertinent to all forms of research
- Critically articulate their understanding of the relation of artistic research to conventional research paradigms

Students who successfully complete the 4 ECTS version of the course will also be able to:
- Articulate a critical comprehension of more specific approaches (including artistic and -based research, practice-led and practice-based research) between theory and art/design practices
- Demonstrate an ability to motivate, integrate, and apply this comprehension to their own research or research plan.

Credits: 2 - 4

Schedule: 31.10.2024 - 28.11.2024

Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):

Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Maarit Mäkelä

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):

CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):

Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):

Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English

CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD

Content

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  The course introduces a variety of approaches, methodologies, issues, and concerns in research through practice. In the context of this course, research through practice refers to a broad range of artistic research approaches, arts-based, practice-led, and practice-based research approaches as well as to constructive design research approaches that are relevant across Aalto ARTS. The course introduces researchers and their research work from Aalto and elsewhere, and fosters dialogue with and among them.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  - Lectures, Discussions, Reading assignments.
  - Participation in contact teaching sessions (including 85% attendance)
  - Completion of preparation and reflection work (reading and writing).

Workload

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  2 ECTS:
  Contact teaching (lectures): 15 h
  Individual work and reflection: 39 h

  4 ECTS:
  Contact teaching (lectures + reading group): 23 h
  Individual work and reflection: 85 h

  The 2 ECTS version of the course is a broad introduction to the topic and consists of participation to lectures. The 4 ECTS version of the course focuses on deepening and applying this through pedagogical activities that guide students to integrate such perspectives within their own research work. The 4 ECTS version of the course also includes participation in a reading group and conducting mapping exercise.

DETAILS

Study Material

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Literature will be given during the course.

Substitutes for Courses

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Substitutes for Courses

Prerequisites

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Prerequisites

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further Information

• valid for whole curriculum period:

  Teaching Language: English

  Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Autumn II
  2025-2026 Autumn II

  Registration:

  Minimum number of participants 8
  Maximum number of participants 15 Registration for courses Sisu. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture, https//www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-at-aalto-arts 

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