Hi everyone.
I'm wondering anybody has done a PhD project in art involving Sociology, such as art in public society?
I am currently preparing myself to write a proposal. I'm wondering whether i am taking too much on by doing an interdisciplinary project.
Any advice, help much appreciated.

Thanks
Selim

I don't know of anyone who has done a PhD in this, but I do know someone who wrote a book on public art in the North West of England, if you PM me I can send you the details. I think your project sounds fine, interdiscplinary is all the rage, in the arts anyway. I'm interdisciplinary: art history and film - and studies of national identity (not sure if that last one merits another multiple disciplinary browny point, I guess its a bit of anthropology - Benedict Anderson's ideas comes into it quite a bit).

My interdisiplinariness has meant more reading etc - you have to get to the bottom of two distinct areas, but it's exciting to build something new out of that, and it will mean your work is more original - it sounds like your project has a lot ot offer, I'm presuming you're looking into art in public society. Also, I'm sure this kind of research has been done quite a lot before, maybe it's an established sub-discipline; art galleries and arts organisations are always very interested in this kind of thing.




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Hi Eska

Thank you for your reply. The point i want to focus on within the whole concept is 'the role of art in society'. Do we need art in our daily life and to what extent? Of course it'll cover public art. Sociology itself is a huge area. I'm quite familiar to Sociology as a whole and I presume that'll make it a bit easier.

Your project sound very interesting though. National identity implemented in film (art in general) always attracted me.