Methoden Künstlerischer Forschung – Best- vs. Worst-Practice
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- Subject according curriculum
- Doctor of Musical Sciences (Dr. sc. mus.) Program | Also counts toward the requirements for Bachelor’s and Master’s students (Studium Generale, free-choice elective module)
- Teachers
- Dr. Benjamin Sprick
- Scope
- Mondays, 10:00–11:30 (Starting October 12, 2026) Dates: Oct. 12, 2026 / Oct. 19, 2026 / Nov. 2, 2026 / Nov. 9, 2026 / Nov. 23, 2026 / Nov. 30, 2026 / December 7, 2026 / December 14, 2026 / January 11, 2027 / January 18, 2027 / January 25, 2027 / February 1, 2027
- Room
- Keine Angabe
- Duration
- 1.5 Semesterwochenstunden
- Description
Last semester, under the title “Figures of Critique,” we examined more or less canonical texts on the methodology of artistic research and analyzed them for the critique implicitly embedded within them. In addition, we turned our attention to figures of criticism directed at artistic research itself. These manifested themselves in patterns of argumentation through which artistic research is denied its scientific or methodological status.
Building on this, this semester we will focus more intensively on research practice. Using selected examples, we aim to identify where artistic research lives up to its innovative epistemic claims and in which cases it undermines them or inadvertently fails to meet its own standards.
The focus is thus on a shift in perspective—from the analysis of critical figures in texts to the critical examination of concrete research practices using examples of best and worst practices. The overarching goal remains the same. It is to stimulate a reflection on the methods of artistic research that is both self-critical and constructive. This reflection is intended to have a direct impact on the participants’ own research projects and approaches, and is linked to the question of what works and what does not in the practice of artistic research.- Literature
A reader containing the texts will be provided at the beginning of the seminar.
- Credits
- 2 Creditpoints
- Comments
The seminar will take place exclusively online via Zoom.
It is open to doctoral candidates, as well as bachelor’s and master’s students, who are interested in artistic research.
To earn “credit points,” participants must demonstrate an interest in the connection between theory and artistic practice, give a presentation during the seminar, and submit a written reflection. Various approaches to theoretical work will be explored, including dialogic reading, clustering, and AI-assisted reading.
Optional participation without earning “credit points” is also possible and requires prior consultation with the instructor.
Please register by October 9, 2026, at Benjamin.sprick@hfmt-hamburg.de
- Modules
- Promotionsmodul, Wahlmodul freie Wahl (alle Studiengänge), Studium generale Wahlmodul Master