Incitements from Philosophy and Aesthetics to Artistic Creation Research in Higher Education

Abstract

The multiple theoretical and practical productions that are currently emerging under the optic of artistic creation research, encourage the investigation of the nature of a research modality that has been emerging since the end of the 20th century. In order to demarcate the way in which creative research is inserted within contemporary philosophical and aesthetic productions, a triad of ideas composed by historical nihilism, Nietzschean perspectivism and hermeneutics will be exposed, simultaneously revealing the articulation of these theoretical constructs with the dynamics that drive academic artistic creation in higher education. Finally, in order to bring reflection to a more practical level, a particular experience of training in the arts will be shared, highlighting the capacity of creative research to organize the understanding of artistic activity and the importance of applying its unique methodology in the processes of undergraduate education in the arts and humanities.