Artistic Research Methodology

Mika Hannula (PhD, University of Turku, Finland) is a former rector of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki, Finland, and is Professor of Visual Arts at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He curates contemporary art exhibitions across Europe and consults for a contemporary art gallery in Helsinki.Juha Suoranta (EdD, University of Tampere, Finland) is Professor of Adult Education at the University of Tampere. Recently he co-edited Havoc of Capitalism (2010) and authored Hidden in Plain Sight (2011).Tere Vadén (PhD, University of Tampere, Finland) is a philosopher teaching art education at the Aalto University in Helsinki. He is an editor of the philosophical journal niin & näin, has published articles on the philosophy of mind and language and co-authored the books Artistic Research (2005) and Wikiworld (2010).

• Contents: Foreword by Juha Varto – Artistic Research Inside-In – Basic Formula of Artistic Research – Back to the Future: Democracy of Experiences, Methodological Abundance and Verbalization – Face-to-Face, One-to-One: Production of Knowledge in and through Narrative Interviews – Methodology and Power: Commitment as a Method – Different Roles of an Artistic Researcher, the Public and the Uses of Sociological Imagination – What to Read, How and Why? – Per Magnus Johansson: What Do You Do When You Do What You Do? – Wolfgang Krause: A Place for Imagination – Three Projects, One Discussion, Four Annexes – Esa Kirkkopelto: «It Is a Matter of Collective Self-Education, Re-Education through Cooperation» – Mikko Kanninen: Seer/Doer – Leena Valkeapää: «Recognize the Unique and Stick with It».