Investigations developed through archives, collection records, institutional reports and research datasets. Each study follows a defined question through the available evidence, documenting its sources, findings and limits.
Research Programmes 02 · Research area
Institutional & Archival Investigations
Archival and institutional investigations in art history: source records, documentary comparisons, published studies and the limits of the evidence.
Research methodologyRelational Archival InvestigationDefinition, protocol, applications and version history
Research strands
Korean Art & Archival Evidence
Titles, dates, retrospective testimony, photographic evidence and the construction of art-historical accounts.
Read published researchJapanese Art & Performance Records
Performer identity, stage names, prints, programmes, photographs and performance chronologies.
No public study record has been released for this strand.
Arts Participation & Institutional Evidence
Attendance, expressed interests, missed opportunities, survey categories and the limits of inference.
No public study record has been released for this strand.
Published research: Korean art
The RAI main paper and two separately citable supplements by Dorian Vale bring together the methodology, documentary comparisons and extended cases.
Foundational paper · Version 1.0
Relational Archival Investigation: Identity, Chronology, and Historical Judgment in Korean Experimental Art
The protocol, its intellectual context and the historical questions it addresses.
Supplement 1 · Version 1.0
Documentary Evidence and Source Comparisons: Supplement 1 to Relational Archival Investigation
Documentary evidence and source comparisons accompanying the main paper.
Supplement 2 · Version 1.0
Extended Case Studies and Methodological Demonstrations: Supplement 2 to Relational Archival Investigation
Extended cases showing how relations, explanations and consequences are assessed separately.
Study records
Public overviews bring together the question, method, sources and limits of each investigation. A complete manuscript is not necessarily publicly available; released materials are identified in its study record.
Study overviews will appear here as they are cleared for public release. Existing research remains available through the programme directory.
No public study records match these filters.
Source institutions and collections identify where evidence was consulted. They do not, by themselves, imply partnership, endorsement or an agreed research arrangement.
Programmes in this area
Research programme
Reiko Tomii: Operation and Historical Answerability
How should an art-historical account change when evidence of artistic labour, organization, and access changes its grounds?
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