Seminar report

The engagement in visual forms of research and enthusiasm for art-anthropology collaboration (Schneider and Wright [eds] 2006;Schneider 2008) were the main inspirations for the seminar.Overlying objectives and similar practices in art and anthropology were represented by invited speakers, both artists and anthropologists.During the seminar there was also a modest exhibition-The Visual in Research-and a workshop for Ph.D. fellows from the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, NTNU and the Museum of Cultural History, UiO.The topic of the workshop on art-anthropology collaborations was broadened by including the discussions about the visual in architectural research as well. Theoretical backgroundThe issue of the visual in research concerns and challenges such fundamental ideals of modern science as subject-object dualism and scientific truth.Western modern science as a rule focuses on articulated knowledge, where verbalization plays an important part.Only explicit knowledge, formulated in words or numbers is considered scientific as it can be verified and reviewed.However, visual forms have always been important means of communication in art, as well as in architecture.For instance, from the very beginning of architectural training in the seventeenth century, the artistic dimension of architecture was emphasized as architectural skills were gained by demonstration rather than through explanation in verbalized forms.Due to the strong position of the visual within practice and training in art and architecture, both fields have a special relationship, but often are seen as lacking scientific rigour.Therefore the position of the visual in research within art and architecture is much more complex and the seminar aimed to highlight the aesthetic, ethical and methodological issues involved.

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