Ongoing Research
Examples of ongoing externally funded research projects at the Department of Finance.
Art, Excess, and Education: Historical and Discursive Contexts (2019)
This book concentrates on the deep historical, political, and institutional relationships between art, education, and excess. Going beyond field specific discourses of art history, art criticism, philosophy, and aesthetics, it explores how the concept of excess has been important and enduring from antiquity through contemporary art, and from early film through the newer interactive media. Examples considered throughout the book focus on disgust, grandiosity, sex, violence, horror, disfigurement, endurance, shock, abundance, and emptiness, and frames them all within an educational context. Together they provide theories and classificatory systems, historical and political interpretations of art and excess, examples of popular culture, and suggestions for the future of educational practice.
Funding available for researchers and artists: Deliver your message with high-quality media!
Aalto Digi Platform opens a call for grants of up to 5.000 euros to promote research and arts in digital transformation and technologies.
Critical Articulations of Hope from the Margins of Arts Education: International Perspectives and Practices (2018)
Critical Articulations of Hope from the Margins of Arts Education presents perspectives on arts education from marginalized contexts and communities around the world. The contributors of this collection are educators, researchers, and artists who have devoted their research and practice to exploring how to utilize arts education to work toward justice, equity, sustainability, and hope when communities or groups of people are faced with most challenging and arduous situations.
Kuvis sata: Kuvataideopettajien koulutus 1915-2015 (2015)
Kuvis sata -julkaisussa on opettajankouluttajien omana aikanaan kirjoittamia ajatuksia taidekasvatuksesta sekä vuonna 2015 opettajina ja tutkijoina toimivien pohdintoja. Opettajankoulutuksesta kertovien kuvien lisäksi mukana on eri aikojen koululaisten tekemiä kuvia Kuvataidekasvatuksen historia-arkistosta.
Oppiaine on kulkenut nimillä piirustus, kuvaamataito, kuvataide, kuvaanto, taidekasvatus, taide ja saanut lempinimekseen kuviksen, joka sisältää kuvan ja visuaalisuuden. Taidekasvattajat ovat vakuuttuneita siitä, että kuvilla ja taiteella pystytään vaikuttamaan tavoilla, joilla perinteinen tiedonjako tehoaa heikosti.
Taide- ja taiteen opettajakoulutus etsii jatkuvasti uutta miettien mistä juuri tässä ajassa ottaa kiinni. Mitä nyt tarvitaan, keitä ja miten taidekasvatus nyt palvelee?
Kirjan on toimittanut Pirkko Pohjakallio ja Mira Kallio-Tavin
Conversations on Finnish Art Education (2015)
Art education exists on the borderlines of the global and local. The last 100 years of Finnish art education are no exception and belong to the wider international research field. The history and evolving practices of Finnish art education interact with paradigms of international art education.
Conversations on Finnish Art Education consists of writings by Finnish, European, and American scholars. It presents international topics that resonate with current issues in Finnish art education. Chapters address what it means to be a contemporary Finnish art educator in a global context. The book also gives concrete examples of international collaborative projects.
Get to know Finland through Summer School
Gain new friends and experience the best Finnish summer has to offer.
Art of Research Conference VII: Authorship and Responsibility
3.12.–4.12.2020: Over the past two decades, the Art of Research conferences have had a significant role in promoting continuous dialogue and fruitful convergence between art and design related research practices. The conferences have contributed to the development of rapidly growing and spreading contemporary discourse on artistic and practice-led research – acknowledging and engaging in multiple notions of research where diverse modes of creative practice are used as context for enquiry.
International doctoral graduates in the workforce – ready for future challenges!
Global competence, good networks, and a doctoral degree are highly valued in the labour markets when companies are looking for game-changers.
Open University studies for upper secondary students
Have you ever wondered about what it would be like to study at Aalto University or in a certain field represented at Aalto?
Creativity in Action: AYY Archives. Aalto University Student Union
Contributions to 'Creativity in Action-The Spirit of Student Life' online exhibition.
Creativity in Action: Polytechnical Students' Museum
Contributions to 'Creativity in Action-The Spirit of Student Life' online exhibition.
Creativity in Action: Creative Spaces
Click here to see images and stories from laboratories and workshops as sites of experimentation
Creativity in Action: Brick by Brick
Click here to see images and stories of a campus built by creative action
Creativity in Action: On the Street
Click here to see images and stories demonstrating imagination for social change
ÄlyOppi - The Intelligent Systems and Content Creation project
The Intelligent Systems and Content Creation project (Älykkäät oppimisympäristöt ja niiden sisällöntuotanto in Finnish, shortened to ÄlyOppi) develops and improves online learning materials and environments for university level use.
Paavo Nurmi rose from the sea in 1961
In the 1960s, Finnish technical students made an unprecedented master prank, which is still unparalleled today.
Study Quantum!
Come study Quantum Technology at Aalto University. We offer education in both Bachelor's and Master's levels, and several special courses.