How art-school research skills can inform and transform other fields
from politics to science
Art-school students learn that research skills are essential if they are
to contribute alternative ways of thinking, not least to counter the
neoliberal forces influencing the globe. How can these research skills
unique to art academies find wider application?
The essays and projects presented here look at art-school research
practices that can inform the worlds of culture, industry, housing,
education, politics, public space, advertising and science.
The projects are structured into 12 themes ranging from "The Climate
Crisis" to "Politics of Public Space." Each is embedded in a recent news
story that positions how that topic is discussed in the press. Each
chapter ends with a response from an academic.
Contributors include: Amade Aouatef M'charek, Lorand Bartels, David
Bell, Jeroen Boomgaard, Fabrice Bourlez, Rogier Brom, Jane Coaston,
Ronald W. Dworkin, Adam Gopnik, Will Grant, Gabrielle Kennedy, Toby
Kiers, Matthew Longo, Robert MacFarlane, Deirdre McCloskey, John
McWhorter, Bart Nooteboom, Daan Oostveen, Jim van Os, Michael Paterniti,
Pedro Ramos Pinto, Christopher Robinson, Tim Rogan, Richard Stenger,
Doreen St. Félix, Rachel Wiseman and Aiora Zabala.
