Research From the Arts Analysis of Its Assimilation in the Higher Educational Context

(Prints & Drawing Department. Faculty of Fine Arts, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)

Abstract: Artistic practices located within the academy are intended for interdisciplinary development. For these practices to do so, they must be perfectly defined within epistemic protocols and systems. This normativization allows their objective construction, evaluation, and application in different areas. The Drawing and Graphic Process Lab located at the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain, is both a teaching and research experience that aims to analyze and typify these processes using drawing as a tool for the development and transference of complex thinking. This article presents this experience within the Academia, and the challenge of incorporating the art-based research into the Higher Educational context.

Key words: artistic practices, drawing, epistemology, research