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> SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS (deadline 6 February 2006)
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> ***RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE 2006***
> http://www.herts.ac.uk/artdes1/research/res2prac/index.html
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> The fourth international biennial conference on the foundations of
> practice-based research in art and design will be convened at the
> University of Hertfordshire, UK, on 7 & 8 July 2006.
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> The theme of RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE 2006 is the role of the context in
> the interpretation of artefacts and visual semantics in art and design
> research.
>
> In recent years there has been much international debate about the
> role of the artefact in art and design research. The debate has
> considered, for example, what contribution the artefact makes to the
> research process and to the communication of the outcomes. However,
> artefacts are not interpreted in isolation. The question of what
> contribution the artefact makes has to be considered in the light of
> how the artefact is interpreted. This interpretation takes place in a
> context; for example in the studio, in a gallery, in the market place,
> online, in the context of "research" or in the context of "design",
> etc. Research into Practice 2006 focuses on these contexts and
> explores the instrumentality of the context on the reception of
> artefacts as constituting or contributing to research.
>
> Topics that might be considered include, but are not restricted to:
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> * Is the researcher responsible for establishing a context for the
> "correct" interpretation of the artefact, i.e. is that also part of
> doing research?
> * Can the research content be activated/deactivated by changing
> the context of reception?
> * Are certain types of context more research-friendly than others?
> * Is it the context that makes research into research, [cf. the
> Institutional Theory of Art]
> * What is signified by research being undertaken in the context of
> a university or by being done by those labelled as researchers, or
> being funded by a Research Council?
> * Does research demand new types of context, and what would they
> need to be like?
> * What is the impact of traditional academic attempts at the
> recontextualization of research from other disciplines outside art and
> design?
> * Is decontextualization or disinterest, either possible or
> desirable?
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> FURTHER INFORMATION
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> The conference website is now available and will be updated as
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> ***RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE 2006***
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> Dr Michael A R Biggs
> Professor of Aesthetics and Associate Dean Research
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> Faculty for the Creative and Cultural Industries
> University of Hertfordshire
> College Lane, Hatfield, AL10 9AB
> UK
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> For information on the Research into Practice conference 2006 visit
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