Projects / Programmes
Theatre and interart studies
January 1, 2018
- December 31, 2027
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 6.06.00 |
Humanities |
Culturology |
|
| 6.08.00 |
Humanities |
Musicology |
|
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| H003 |
Humanities |
History and Arts |
| Code |
Science |
Field |
| 6.04 |
Humanities |
Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music) |
theatre studies, performance studies, musicology, art history, interart studies, intercultural art studies, interdisciplinary research, history of drama, history of theatre, hystory of music, linguistics
Data for the last 5 years (citations for the last 10 years) on
April 24, 2024;
A3 for period
2018-2022
| Database |
Linked records |
Citations |
Pure citations |
Average pure citations |
| WoS |
47 |
29 |
22 |
0.47 |
| Scopus |
71 |
72 |
60 |
0.85 |
Researchers (11)
Organisations (1)
Abstract
The research programme is focused on interart and intercultural research on the Slovenian arts, with the emphasis on the performing arts, music and the visual arts. The exploration of intercultural connections is especially interesting in countries formed after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. These newly formed countries show the need for expressing their own cultural identities, but simultaneously strive for a formation of European cultural-political space and shaping of a common European identity, based on cultural diversity. The requestioning of the function of the nation state on the one hand and an increased transnational social cohesion on the other give rise to the issue of the transculturation and hybridisation of cultures, in which the traditional understanding of cultural identities is subject to profound changes. The problematisation of these issues is reflected in all areas of cultural production and calls for in-depth scholarly research.
Underlying the study of interart connections and intercultural exchange in the Slovenian space will be the central research question of what kind of effects various forms of institutionalisation have on cultural formations. The research will include the examination of specific forms of cultural development in the Slovenian ethnic territory since the second half of the 19th century, throughout the 20th century and up to the present day. In other words, from the start of a gradual and continued process of development of the first organisational forms in the framework of cultural societies (e.g. the Slovenian Society, the Dramatic Society, the Musical Society, the Slovenian Fine Arts Association), which began establishing the first organised institutional forms of culture in the fields of theatre, literature, music and the fine arts. The research will more accurately define the processes of the institutionalisation of Slovenian culture in the first half of the 20th century and the non-institutional forms of arts activities in its second half, including institutionalisation as arts practice.
The primary goals of the research programme are the following: to examine the gaps in Slovenian arts research (from the second half of the 19th century to the 21st century) in the field of basic research on the performing arts, music and the visual arts, especially in terms of studying their connections and spaces in-between them; to integrate interdisciplinary arts practices into the history of the Slovenian arts; and to incorporate the findings of the research into the history of the European and world arts.
Significance for science
The research programme is of fundamental significance for the fields of theatre and performance studies as well as musicology and art history, since it enables a long-term planned and continuous scholarly research of Slovenian art. The programme group consists of researchers from the three academies of art of the University of Ljubljana (Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, Academy of Music and Academy of Fine Arts and Design), who with their scholarly research and teaching work are responsible for the development of the mentioned fields of science in Slovenia. A key component in the systematic study of theatre, music and visual arts, the research programme highlights the aspects of interart studies that until now have not received systematic scientific treatment. The comparative study of the historiographic methods utilised in the processes of historicising different fields of art reveals themes, artistic practices and personalities that until now have been neglected in the frame of individual academic disciplines, ignored in the national canon, disabled because of aesthetic or political reasons, or still undiscovered as a research focus. Illuminated in terms of the cultural flows in the Slovenian ethnic territory at the intersection of Slavic, Germanic and Romanic cultures, intercultural art studies make a relevant contribution to the general cultural history. Terminology studies are of fundamental significance for the development of the Slovenian scientific language and for broadening the use of the appropriate terminology among the professional and wider public.
It can be anticipated that the research findings will influence a re-evaluation of knowledge on other fields of humanities and social sciences (especially literature, film studies, the sociology of culture, anthropology of everyday life, culture and media studies, linguistics), as well as be used on other fields such as publishing and tourism. The programme group fosters the international exchange of the latest discoveries in the fields of theatre and performance studies, musicology and art history: in terms of both the transfer of the findings of the research programme to the international scholarly community and the introduction of current discoveries from abroad to the Slovenian space. For the development of the theatre and performance studies in Slovenia, the group's engagement in the founding and creation of Amfiteater, the first Slovenian scholarly journal for this field, is of crucial importance. Considering the strong integration of the programme within international research and cultural projects, it can also be expected that the research results (especially the intercultural art studies) will encourage new perspectives on the national histories of theatre, music and visual arts in other European countries, especially in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe that have been historically and politically connected to the Slovenian ethnic territory through the centuries.
The programme group brings the research findings to the educational process and fundamentally contributes to the quality of study at the University of Ljubljana. In the process of the Bologna reforms of higher education in Slovenia, the programme group devised new study programmes at the University of Ljubljana's Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, the Academy of Music and the Academy of Fine Arts and Design and introduced subjects that encourage the research of interart phenomena and the creation of interdisciplinary projects. The research programme also includes the training of young researchers, which is of crucial importance for the development of a research field that is distinctly underrepresented, as is the study of art in Slovenia.
Significance for the country
The research programme establishes the conditions for studying Slovenian (theatre, music and visual) art through a rigorous and substantial scholarly investigation that is based on contemporary methodologies. With a comprehensive study of the intercultural history of Slovenian art, it draws attention to art as a field with a constitutive meaning for the shaping of cultural identity that brings together individuals into a community. The dissemination of the research findings on Slovenian art as a harbinger and active co-shaper of social changes significantly contributes to the understanding of the historical role that art and culture have played in the Slovenian society. The study of the relations between art and society makes it possible to more accurately define the influence of art on the co-shaping of the social and political space and creates a solid and referential basis for evaluating its meaning in our world. In a time when art is continuously subjected to demonstrating its economic value, awareness raising among the wider public about the social value of Slovenian art and culture and its contribution to the society is all the more important. Intercultural art studies fundamentally contribute also to the understanding of migration movements in the globalised world and the societal changes accompanying them as well as to an understanding and acceptance of cultural diversity.
Members of the programme group perform advisory functions in expert councils and working groups for state bodies, public institutions and local communities that shape the policies for the cultural and social development of Slovenia. As co-shapers of the programme guidelines of Slovenian theatres, galleries and music institutions and also as advisors and jury members for the bestowing of awards to the best creations on festivals and elsewhere, they collaborate in the processes of shaping the evaluation systems in the frame of which art is created and experienced in Slovenian society. As members of Slovenian professional organisations (in the Association of Theatre Critics and Researchers of Slovenia, the Slovenian Musicological Society, the Slovene Art History Society, the Slovenian Society of Aesthetics, etc.) they productively contribute to the development of the profession and through their public activities they co-shape the cultural space. The extensive participation and presence of the programme group in international associations (IFTR, AICA, IACT, ITI, etc.) and cultural projects significantly adds to the international recognition and reputation of Slovenian (theatre, music and visual) art. The results of the studies are used in higher education for diverse professions in the disciplines of art and the humanities. Members of the programme group teach on all three art academies of the University of Ljubljana and through teaching exchanges they also introduce the current findings of the research programme to students at universities abroad.
Most important scientific results
Interim report
Most important socioeconomically and culturally relevant results
Interim report
