Abstract
So-called “art-based research” and “research through design” are flourishing in several fields. Most of this kind of research in Japan is conducted in social science departments, and there are few reports about it being conducted in art universities, although it might be different in cases where it is conducted in art universities because the preference and skills are different between art students and social science students. Therefore, in this paper, we report on graduation works based on art-based research in a seminar at an art university. The results show that (1) art students tend to use a familiar expression method and theme for the research; (2) sometimes students prefer self-expression to research, and they try to exhibit as an art exhibition even though what they learn in the research process is more important, etc.
