Good friends, 

kindly distribute this message within your institution: 

We hereby invite all individual members and representatives from our member organisations to a webinar on Zoom*) presenting a user introduction to the Research Catalogue (RC) on Friday February 14th from 10:00 to 12:00 CET. 

The RC is provided by SAR, and functions as a platform for the dissemination of peer-reviewed content and publications, for student’s presentation of work and the assessment of such work – as well as of self-published research outcomes. The RC enables students, artists, and researchers to deviate from the standard format of academic presentations, journal articles and/or research repositories: 

• Because images and sounds are not subordinate to, but fundamentally on a par with the text;
• Because of the opportunity provided to break out of the linear narrative structure;
• Because it facilities the option for a continuous (and collaborative) research activity from notation/documenting research processes and initial outcomes to fully elaborated publications. 

The RC offers an online platform in which sound, images, video, and text can be combined in an integrated format for presentation, and in which the visual disposition and the focus on different media formats can be decided by the author’s own decision. Use of the RC is free of charge for all individual users. 

There will be the option to raise questions to the presenters during the event. This webinar is open to all staff and students at your institution, so you may ask all your colleagues to register for this event – and to use their institutional email address when doing so. 

Please use this link for registration: https://societyforartisticresearch.org/webinar-for-new-users-2025/ ; 

Kindly register before 18:00 CET on Wednesday February 12th. 

To benefit the most from this Webinar, we strongly recommend those yet not registered as full users at the RC, kindly contact your local portal admin latest on Monday February 10th! As your institution is a SAR Portal Partner, all individuals affiliated to your institution can register/upgrade their account through your local portal administrator. 

When registering, we encourage all to tick the box to confirm that you will receive our SARA announcements. They will keep you informed about events, calls (for submissions), research positions and job opportunities related to artistic research. Your email address and personal information will never be shared with others. 

We will send the participation link etc. to everyone who has registered for participation on Thursday February 13th in the afternoon. 

Best wishes, 

Johan