Supervisors' seminars
The Norwegian Artistic Research School offers at least two free supervisor seminars each year. These seminars provide an opportunity to meet fellow supervisors, share experiences, and discuss relevant themes.
The next supervisor's seminar takes place on 16 March in Lillehammer:
In-person seminar:
Supervisors' seminar - Ethics in Indigenous and non-Eurocentric Artistic practices
When: 16 March 2026 from 14:00 to 18:00
Where: Lillehammer
Ambition:
The aim of the seminar is to reflect on and share experiences of how we engage with Indigenous and non‑Eurocentric perspectives in Artistic Research. We will explore this particularly in relation to supervision.
Background:
The seminar builds on the theme introduced in the panel debate at the Artistic Research Autumn Forum 2025. Over the past few decades, ethics has received significantly increased attention within Artistic Research — as well as in research more generally. Once addressed only sporadically and unsystematically, research ethics is now a mandatory part of the training component for all PhD candidates in Artistic Research in Norway. Supervisors are expected to guide their candidates on ethical matters, and institutions are responsible for ensuring that both staff and students receive appropriate training in ethics.
In parallel with this development, a growing number of Artistic Researchers in Norway are engaging with, or drawing inspiration from, Indigenous practices and non‑Eurocentric methods across fields such as dance, theatre, performance, and music. This raises important questions: How do different Indigenous and non‑Eurocentric traditions approach concepts that European academic environments traditionally describe as “ethics”? How are comparable or related concerns articulated, conceptualised, or practiced? And how might Artistic Research remain attentive to — and learn from — the philosophical foundations of these diverse practices, including Indigenous and non‑Eurocentric approaches?
Format:
Plenary session/input and discussions/work in smaller groups.
Recommended reading:
We reccomend that everyone familiarize themselves with the online resource:
Further reading:
- Indigenous Peoples and National Minorities | Research Ethics
- Research as Ceremony by Shawn Wilson
- Decolonial Arts Praxis
- La Pocha Nostra: A Handbook for the Rebel Artist in a Post-Democratic Society by Saúl García-López Guillermo Gómez-Peña, , Paloma Martinez-Cruz
- Decolonizing Theatre
- Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures (GTDF)
Artistic Research Forum
Supervisors are also most welcome to attend the Artistic Research Forum, which normally are organized in March and October as an combination of physical and online events.
Resource
We recommend that you use the Norwegian Artistic Research School´s exposition to find recourses about Artistic Research and supervision. The objective of the Research School is to give PhD candidates an introduction to methods, theory and research ethics, as well as training in disseminating the results of artistic research. The exposition elaborates on these themes, and includes also several project examples and an overview of completed and current PhD projects.
You might also be interested in the report institutions responsability for educating supervisors published by the Universites Norway (UHR) - Research (2003, in Norwegian).
Online seminar:
Supervisors' seminar - The research school as a support and resource for supervisors of PhD candidates in Artistic Research
When: 27 November 2025 from 14:00 to 15:00
Where: Zoom
In the seminar, you will be introduced to the National Artistic Research School. The research school aims to provide PhD candidates with an introduction to ethics, methods, and theory, and serves as a platform for discussion and development of the various PhD projects.
The seminar will emphasize how the research school can be a support and resource for you as a supervisor of PhD candidates in artistic research.
Language: English
→ Read more and sign up
Supervisors' seminar - Ethics in Artistic Research
When: 20 October 2025 from 14:00
Where: Bergen, UiB Learning Arena, Nygårdsgaten 5 (part 1 and 3) and Kulturhuset, Vaskerelven 8 (part 2)
The supervisors´ seminar consist of three parts:
Part 1:
14:00–14:10 – Welcome and round of presentations
Led by Jostein Gundersen, chair of the research school's board
14:10–14:40 – Ethics in the Norwegian Artistic Research School (language: EN)
What do PhD students learn in our seminars? What questions do the PhD candidates raise?
Presentation by members of the research school's board
14:40–14:55 – Walk from UiBs Learning Arena (Nygårdsgaten) to Kulturhuset (Vaskerelven)
Part 2:
15:00–16:00 – Law, ethics, and aestethics (language: NO)
Open seminar, organized as part of Bergen International Film Festival (BIFF): A conversation about legal and ethical challenges that may arise when depicting other people's realities. Participation: KriStine Ann Skaret, PhD student at Inland University and Tom G. Eilertsen, partner in the law firm Bull
16:00–16:20 – Walk from Kulturhuset (Vaskerelven) to UiBs Learning Arena (Nygårdsgaten)
16:20–16:30 – Coffees
Part 3:
16:30–17:00 – Ethics in Artistic Research: A dive into the new Guide (language: EN)
Presentation by members of the working group
17:00–17:25 – Open floor: Questions and discussion
How can the new guide support your supervision of PhD candidates?
17:25–17:30 –Wrap-Up
17:30 – End