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• 2. Published works at ph.d level Reviewed and published doctoral dissertations.
• 1. Published works at master level Master thesis from 2023 to date.
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• Why not do it in Norwegian? (2025) author(s): Buhl-Mortensen Alf published in: University of Agder, Faculty of Fine Arts
  This research explores the potential effects of rewriting rap songs from Norwegian to English, and vice versa, analysing not only the effects on its lyrics but also shifts in its meaning, and delivery. employing an artistic research methodology charecterized by its experimental, intuitive and chaotic processes. it documents the creative process during the creation of four rap songs. The research provides recordings from early to late stages of the creative process allowing the reader to listen and more deeply understand the songs. "Flow" is a deep and complex term, this research attempts to depart from established definitions of flow, seeing it from a broader viewpoint.
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  Relasjonsorkester (2025) author(s): Reidun Ottersen published in: University of Agder, Faculty of Fine Arts
  NORSK: I dette kunstneriske utviklingsarbeidet undersøker jeg hvordan norsk folkemusikk kan integreres i mitt etablerte musikalske sound. Gjennom lytting, refleksjon og skapende praksis har jeg latt tradisjonsmusikkens estetikk og uttrykk påvirke mitt eget formspråk. Arbeidet har resultert i albumet "Relasjonsorkester", der jeg utforsker møtepunktene mellom tradisjon og samtid i tre utvalgte låter: "Hei, hallo", "Tankerom" og "Langsiktig sparing". Prosessen har vist at respektfull lytting, tilegning av teoretisk kunnskap og bevisste kunstneriske valg er avgjørende for å forankre nye uttrykk i en levende tradisjon. Oppgaven reflekterer over hvordan tradisjonen kan bli en del av egen kunstnerisk identitet, uten å måtte bli en tradisjonsbærer i klassisk forstand. ENGLISH: This artistic research project explores how Norwegian folk music can be integrated into my established musical sound. Through listening, reflection, and creative practice, I have allowed the aesthetics and expression of folk tradition to influence my own musical language. The project resulted in the album "Relasjonsorkester", where I explore the intersections between tradition and contemporary music through three selected songs: “Hei, hallo”, “Tankerom”, and “Langsiktig sparing”. The process demonstrates that respectful listening, acquisition of theoretical knowledge, and conscious artistic choices are essential for grounding new expressions within a living tradition. The thesis reflects on how tradition can become a part of one’s artistic identity without necessarily becoming a traditional bearer in the conventional sense.
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  Modes of limited transposition som utgangspunkt for tonal komposisjon (2025) author(s): Simon Skarsvåg Furnes published in: University of Agder, Faculty of Fine Arts
  Gjennom denne masteroppgaven utforsker jeg muligheter for å skape en tonalitetsfølelse innenfor dissonante rammer. Prosjektet er et kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid der jeg utforsker temaet gjennom komposisjon innenfor rammene av Olivier Messiaens Modes of limited transposition. Samtidig vil jeg forsøke å definere tonale sentre innenfor disse for å skape et tonalt uttrykk. Arbeidet skal resultere i et album og refleksjoner tilknyttet komposisjonsprosessen.
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  The Extended Chamber Ensemble (2025) author(s): Lotta Helga Katarina Karlsson published in: University of Agder, Faculty of Fine Arts
  In this thesis I explore how composing popular music may be influenced by chamber music, and how I can utilise an extended chamber ensemble, formed by classical musicians, band musicians and electronic components can form a sound signature of my own. I also investigate collaboration between performers from diverse musical backgrounds.
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  A performative approach to wool felting : Rhizomatic relations in visual arts making and art education (2025) author(s): Samira Jamouchi published in: University of Agder, Faculty of Fine Arts
  This exposition documents the doctoral dissertation “A performative approach to wool felting : Rhizomatic relations in visual arts making and art education” from the University of Agder, Faculty of Fine Arts, 2023. The exposition consists of a PDF of the printed dissertation and a list of the media (film or sound) that is part of the dissertation. As the first combined dissertation in Fine Arts with the specialisation Arts in context submitted to the University of Agder, comprising artistic and scientific works, this research evolves between artistic and written acts. It is a performative exploration of a performative approach to the ancestral technique of wool felting. The dissertation includes six explorations: three public exhibitions, three articles, and a 7th element consisting of a series of ongoing ‘minor’ moments related to the topic of the thesis that I carry out in my everyday practices as an artist, teacher and researcher. Alongside with that, I provide a mantle that is a metatext of the dissertation. In dialogue with the works of Deleuze and Guattari (1980) and Barad (2007), I use concepts that denote a theoretical and philosophical position inspired by an ontology of immanence and agential realism. The pedagogical stance of this research acknowledges Atkinson’s (2015) ideas on the adventure of pedagogy that brings forward the notion of the ‘not-known’. The rhizomatic network connecting the seven explorations is transmitted through four interconnected parts that I call ‘strata’, which is in accordance with my research design. A diffractive reading of the explorations suggests a performative pedagogy that actualises questions related to artistic, pedagogical, and research practices. It underlines the emerging knowledge creation in situ as not-isolated and not pre-existing entities and/or thoughts. Moving between the de-stabilisation–re-stabilisation, de-forming–reforming, and de-territorialisation–re-territorialisation of my practices brings a fruitful in-coherence. My doubts, interrogations, and experimentations might affect the reader, and provoke new thoughts. The mapping of my explorations can create resonance in readers, also in their own contexts – being similar or different. Maybe this could inspire more persons to explore further how one could teach, not only how one should teach. This dissertation is dedicated to those that doubt and ask questions, but also to those that work with certainty, in artistic, pedagogical, and/or research contexts.
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  The Remixician and the Triaxis (2024) author(s): Kristian Isachsen published in: University of Agder, Faculty of Fine Arts
  An artistic research project exploring the art of live remixing through the lens of the music philosophical framework "The Remixician's Triaxis". The project resulted in live studio recordings with multi-camera video of my duo with Alessandra Bossa - Before Without.
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