Konstens kunskap/Knowledge of art

Summary

Konstens kunskap/Knowledge of Art is a bilingual anthology in which twelve writers look at artistic research through the lens of twelve different artistic doctoral dissertations presented at the University of Gothenburg. At the center of the various readings are the methods, theories and, not least the results of artistic research.

As a discipline, artistic research has existed in Sweden for more than 20 years and the Artistic Faculty at the University of Gothenburg was the university where the discipline was first established. The anthology is an attempt to show, in a concrete and factual way, what artistic research has achieved, how it works, how it relates to other research disciplines but also what challenges it faces.

The anthology is arranged chronologically and covers many different research topics in order to show both progression and width. The twelve writers are active both within and outside the academic field, but have all shown an interest in artistic research and its establishment as a scientific discourse.

Our hope with the anthology is that it will give an in-depth picture of what artistic research is and can be, and not least to take the conversation about the discipline one step further.