Research Based Practice.

This is another approach.

Perhaps terms can be misleading when they are created as a shorthand way of referring to complex ideas.  All artistic activity involves research.  Research precedes making art.

Is there an art of research?  Research is a creative activity.  It should create knowledge.  It can create art objects.  Art objects are learning materials.  They contain knowledge.

Research and art practice.

Exploration is required if new knowledge is to be discovered.  Connecting ideas can result in new perspectives.

Science is empirical.  Its object is knowledge.

The humanities are more concerned with understanding.