A short history of the development of Artistic Research as a complementary knowledge production of a different kind
Jens Badura
17 October 2022
Can artistic research challenge and complement the epistemic frames for the development of policies that are supposed to ensure a green and just transition?
IA LAB invited Jens Badura for a presentation and discussion on the development of artistic research in a European context over the last decade through key initiatives such as the Society of Artistic Research and the institutionalisation of artistic research in universities and higher education institutions. Badura presented various positions for and against artistic research as a form of knowledge production that can complement other forms and contribute to addressing societal challenges.
Jens Badura is a philosopher at University of applied Arts, Vienna. He conducts research at the Zurich Centre for Creative Economies (ZCCE) at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) and is a faculty member of the graduate school at the Institute "Cultures of the Alps" (Altdorf/University of Lucerne). Furthermore he works as a consultant for strategic process management in the field of tension between science, the cultural sector, creative industries and politics. His work focuses on applied aesthetics, cultural philosophy and creative economies. Current projects deal, among other things, with the question of what contributions artistic modes of thought and procedure can make outside the art world, especially in the field of socio-ecological transformation processes.