Arts research approaches and narrative resources for the organization and representation of processes in artistic research

Abstract

There are several models of artistic research suggested in the academy, with the purpose of situating art as a legitimate field alongside other academic area. Common foundations to these characterize arts’ methods by three main aspects: transdisciplinarity, interpretative character, and contextualization of practices and knowledge. However, the lack of specific methodologies in arts has led to the adoption of mechanisms validated by other disciplines, to answer to academic and scientific dissemination landscape. Based on a bibliographic review of 60 materials on this subject, this article presents types of research in arts and some of their strategies. As resources for the evidence of research processes in the arts, this article highlights several that would be useful for positioning within the academic-scientific community.