Society
for Artistic Research

SAR/JAR Mission Statement:

Society for Artistic Research (SAR) and the Journal for Artistic Research (JAR)

Identity:

The Society for Artistic Research (SAR) was founded on March 6, 2010 in Berne, Switzerland. The Society for Artistic Research is an independent, non-profit association set up for the sole purpose of publishing the Journal for Artistic Research.

The Journal for Artistic Research (JAR) is an international, online, open-access and peer-reviewed journal for the identification, publication, dissemination and discussion of artistic research.

JAR’s editorial policy is to feature artistic research outputs from across all fields.  By creating a publication and dissemination space for such outputs, it fulfills a crucial role within the developing field of artistic research.

Mission:

To display and document work in a manner that respects the artist’s modes of presentation while fulfilling the expectations of scholarly dissemination

and

to re-negotiate the relationship of art to academia, and the role and function of research in artistic practice.

Strategic Aims:

1      Providing an influential voice in the debate on artistic research

2      Strengthening the international community and environment for artistic research

3      Evolving appropriate modes of dissemination for artistic research

4      Developing good practice in relation to peer-review, copyright, legal and other matters pertaining to the publication of artistic research

5      Creating connections to projects associated with the online publication

6      Inviting exchanges that enhance artistic research methodologies across the arts, sciences and humanities

Objectives:

1      The publication of peer-reviewed artistic research

2      The establishment of a specially-designed online Research Catalogue that facilitates referencing and conveys artistic qualities

3      The facilitation of access to the ideas and outcomes of artistic research by artists, museums, galleries, performance spaces and other constituents of the public sphere

 

Contact:

Email sar@jar-online.net for enquiries concerning membership and/or the Society for Artistic Research.

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