3 November 2023 at Birmingham City University
Drawing has had a resurgence in artists’ practices and the topic of drawing research has simultaneously gained recognition and significance. Drawing research defies definition and can be applied to a range of subjects, using various methodologies and engaging participants from a breadth of disciplines. This Symposium marks the beginning of our project, the Bloomsbury Handbook of Drawing Research.
What is drawing research? This was a question that was highlighted by Garner (2008) when he asked ‘do we claim a distinct knowledge base? Is it an issue of approach or method or do we think about drawing differently?’ How do we answer the question what is drawing research in 2023?
Subjects could include but are not limited to:
Examples of types of research:
· What is Drawing Research?
· Drawing as research
· Drawing as a tool for research
· Drawing in research
· Research into drawing/s
· Research involving drawing/s
Drawing research in the following subjects/ contexts:
· Teaching and learning in art
· Culture and politics
· Drawing in other spheres: medicine, geography, health, linguistics, science …
· Historical and contemporary drawings
· Environment, land, technologies
Please download the call for contributions here.
Drawing has had a resurgence in artists’ practices and the topic of drawing research has simultaneously gained recognition and significance. Drawing research defies definition and can be applied to a range of subjects, using various methodologies and engaging participants from a breadth of disciplines. This Symposium marks the beginning of our project, the Bloomsbury Handbook of Drawing Research.
What is drawing research? This was a question that was highlighted by Garner (2008) when he asked ‘do we claim a distinct knowledge base? Is it an issue of approach or method or do we think about drawing differently?’ How do we answer the question what is drawing research in 2023?
Subjects could include but are not limited to:
Examples of types of research:
· What is Drawing Research?
· Drawing as research
· Drawing as a tool for research
· Drawing in research
· Research into drawing/s
· Research involving drawing/s
Drawing research in the following subjects/ contexts:
· Teaching and learning in art
· Culture and politics
· Drawing in other spheres: medicine, geography, health, linguistics, science …
· Historical and contemporary drawings
· Environment, land, technologies
Please download the call for contributions here.