Research Data Management: introduction Anne Spalding

Session Outline Background and context for research data management Activities exploring research data and its importance Summary, questions and feedback

Learning Outcomes Describe the complex and diverse nature of research data in the visual and creative arts Discuss the nature of research data in your subject area State the importance of your research data

Timeline for funded projects in the arts CAiRO – Curating Artistic Research Output VADS4R – Visual Arts Data Skills 4 Researchers Kultur CAiRO Kaptur VADS4R

Background Short history of RDM in the visual and creative arts Kaptur project – Kaptur – technical infrastructure –

Context Funders Open Access Research practice

Defining Research Data “Evidence which is used or created to generate new knowledge and interpretations. ‘Evidence’ may be intersubjective or subjective; physical or emotional; persistent or ephemeral; personal or public; explicit or tacit; and is consciously referenced by the researcher at some point during the course of their research. As part of the research process, research data may be collated in a structured way to create a dataset to substantiate a particular interpretation, analysis or argument. A dataset may or may not lead to a research output, which regardless of method of presentation, is a planned public statement of new knowledge or interpretation.” Garrett, L. (2013) Introducing Research Data Management in the Visual Arts available online at: (accessed ) Critically review the definition of research data in the visual arts Define research data in terms of your own field of enquiry

Word Cloud for Research Data in the Visual and Creative Arts

What is Research Data? Introduction Discussion Summary

Importance? Activity 2 Why is research data important to you? Why is research data important to your institution? Why is research data important to those outside your institution?

Importance? You –evidence of your research process and method –increased discoverability, visibility and citation –in the future may also provide a cultural record Institution –research data is expensive to create and therefore a valuable asset –supports external assessment exercises Funders –integral part of the research process –others could be interested in either re-using it or working collaboratively with you –most now have policies which require the research data to be a part of the research

Defining Research Data “Evidence which is used or created to generate new knowledge and interpretations. ‘Evidence’ may be intersubjective or subjective; physical or emotional; persistent or ephemeral; personal or public; explicit or tacit; and is consciously referenced by the researcher at some point during the course of their research. As part of the research process, research data may be collated in a structured way to create a dataset to substantiate a particular interpretation, analysis or argument. A dataset may or may not lead to a research output, which regardless of method of presentation, is a planned public statement of new knowledge or interpretation.” Garrett, L. (2013) Introducing Research Data Management in the Visual Arts available online at: (accessed ) Critically review the definition of research data in the visual arts Define research data in terms of your own field of enquiry

Questions? Green post-it What in your opinion makes arts research data different from other disciplines? Orange post-it What in your opinion makes arts research data similar to other disciplines?

Further Information

Learning Outcomes Met Describe the complex and diverse nature of research data in the visual and creative arts Discuss the nature of research data in your subject area State the importance of your research data

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