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Aalto Doctoral Programme in Arts, Design and Architecture

Artistic components

In the field of art, a doctoral thesis may include an art production, a series of art productions meaningfully connected to each other, or a product development project. As a rule the artistic components to be included in the thesis must have been created during the validity of the study right. The components must also be pre-examined.

The artistic component(s) have to be in a dialogic and analytic relation with the written component of the thesis. The doctoral student has to present in the written component the targets, methods and findings of the artistic component(s). The way in which the artistic component becomes part of the research can vary according to the methodological background employed. It is expected that the artistic component articulates or discloses its own research orientation—the capacity of the practice to engage with new kinds of insight, knowledge and content.

The presentations of the artistic component, such as exhibitions, must be public and must be arranged so that they are accessible. At the public presentation, the doctoral student shall state that the presentation is part of a doctoral thesis (e.g. in writing in the exhibition materials).

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