Investigating the application of triangulation and its capabilities in art research

Document Type : Original Article

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1 PH. D. student of Art Research, Tabriz Islamic Arts University, Tabriz, Iran

2 Professor, Art History, Fine Arts Faculty, University of Ataturk-Turkiye

3 Professor, Department of sociology, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

4 Assistant professor, Virtual Arts, Tabriz Islamic Art University, Tabriz, Iran

10.22034/scart.2025.140309.1431

Abstract

Many art studies conducted in Iran lack methodological diversity, and while the methodological section sometimes draws attention to the clichéd repetition of words such as "qualitative" and "analytical," it is observed that they are sometimes not very rich in achieving results. The pathological view by experts in this field is mainly focused on the common problems of qualitative studies, such as the interference of the researcher's personal taste and also the manipulation of data to fit the theory. The present study attempts to introduce a multifaceted approach, which has been neglected in Iran despite its initial introductions, for the first time to facilitate the foundations of this approach's entry into art studies, and to pave the way for increasing the richness and credibility of these studies by exploring how to apply it. The present study aims to provide clear answers to these questions: What is the usefulness of applying a multifaceted methodology in art studies? And how can this type of methodology be applied? The importance of the present study lies in the fact that, by focusing on one of the major weaknesses in the field of art research and with the intention of providing a solution, it tries to help researchers in this field by introducing a new methodology and thus take a small step towards the advancement and strengthening of future research in this field. The necessity of the present study arises from the fact that by introducing a multimodal methodology that remains largely unknown in Iran and has not been used in art research so far, it will pave a new way to refine the results and make the research more robust than before. The findings of this study indicate that among all the existing categories for multimodality, theory multimodality, which follows the application of more than one theory to data analysis, will probably be the most beneficial type of multimodality for increasing the validity of the findings of research conducted on art.

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