Asserting the critical potential of social sciences -/ arts experiments? A portrait of the researcher as an artist

Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary (1)

1 PACTE - Pacte, Laboratoire de sciences sociales

As an aside to the adventurous realm of the arts/sciences relations (more usually called practise-based research and creation in English), this text puts the term “science” first, by offering to speak of “sciences-/arts”, and explores the critical potential of the added punctuation mark. It questions the specificity of social scientists’ commitment to carrying out experiments – and creating experiences – that are not simply beautiful or accessible but also have a political dimension. The text concludes with a proposal to renew the scientific pact.

Mots clés: experimentation; experiment; experience; experiential; sensitive; dissensus; criticism; aesthetics; politics; emancipation; discipline; disciplinary; multidisciplinarity; transdisciplinarity; institution

Domaines: Géographie; Art et histoire de l'art; Science politique

Anne-Laure Amilhat Szary. Asserting the critical potential of social sciences -/ arts experiments? A portrait of the researcher as an artist. antiAtlas Journal, 2016, Science / art explorations at the border, 2016-1. ⟨halshs-02168522⟩