The Role of Aesthetics in Artistic Research Methods

The chapter explores the importance of aesthetics in research, focusing on collaboration with professionals, having a proper budget, and differentiating between artistic outputs and incorporating art in research. It discusses visual literacy, merging content and form in creative methods like poetry, and the significance of purpose in artistic production versus research. The chapter also emphasizes co-creation in research, illustrated through an example of successfully adapting a project methodology to fit participants' preferences.