Sorry, ... in addition to what Klaus suggested ...
On Thu, 18 May 2000, Susann Vihma wrote:
> It is so typical of the design community, or design circles if you
> like, to overlook what has been done - done before and done by others.
> So, I think that, in addition to what Kalus suggested, it would be
> beneficial to take a close look at the phd dissertations, which have been
> accepted by the universities.
> At UIAH in Helsinki, for example, dissertation are still rare, but there
> are some to be discussed here.
> Coming back with an introduction soon.
> Susann
>
> On Wed, 17 May 2000, Klaus Krippendorff wrote:
>
> > instead of asking for examples of completed phd dissertations, would it not
> > make sense to ask what kind of methods of inquiry phd candidates might use,
> > what kind of scholarship phd dissertations might embrace and contribute to,
> > even which books we might consider acceptable dissertations if they were
> > submitted?
> > klaus
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Beryl Graham [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2000 3:15 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Cc: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: My Challenge, clarified on a positive note
> >
> >
> > Thanks for the replies on this; ola and zdraztye to the lurkers!
> >
> > 1. Thesis examples:
> >
> > I agree, Bunnell's PhD (http://www.rgu.ac.uk/criad/rs6.htm) is very
> > interesting, and Gray's School of Art site is an excellent source not
> > only for student pages but for pdf publications by staff too. I think
> > their openness and willingness to make PhDs accessible is to be much
> > praised (especially as this obviously tends to attract more criticism
> > simply because they are 'first out of the tunnel').
> >
> > Some of David Durling's points about information design are also
> > valid - some practice PhD students have to wrestle with multimedia
> > authoring skills - a sea upon which even large commercial companies
> > have sometimes become seriously adrift. Perhaps all those good
> > information designers out there might be turning their thoughts to
> > the question: "If there were to be a template for a CD-ROM
> > dissertation capable of representing a rigorous visual argument, what
> > might that look like/work like?" (see also last paragraph).
> >
> > But, again, more positive examples please. One of the few consistent
> > things I've found in life is: It's very much easier to criticise bad
> > things than it is to make good things.
> >
> > 2. Internet Sites:
> >
> > For general reference, I'd like to mention some other good sites (all
> > of which, plus the thesis databases that Ken mentioned, are listed in
> > the Links section of
> > http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/~as0bgr/learnmat.html - advance apologies
> > to graphic designers - it will become obvious that I am not).
> >
> > Birmingham Institute of Art & Design
> > (http://www.biad.uce.ac.uk/research/index.html): present and past
> > students, plus training.
> > University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
> > (http://adeweb.uwic.ac.uk/fineart/research/): some interesting
> > examples of research-in-progress with an open and quirky site
> > approach.
> >
> > I also agree that British universities have been slow off the mark
> > with the Internet. But, if all else fails, do something really simple
> > yourself whilst the corporate design machine gets grinding. The Leeds
> > University fine art site
> > (http://www.leeds.ac.uk/fine_art/fine_art.html) ain't pretty, but it
> > does list current and past PhD projects, with names, subjects, some
> > emails, supervisors, and brief indications of method. It also puts
> > practice-led Ph.D.s in amongst the theory ones, which seems a useful
> > mind-set.
> >
> > It would be very nice if the sites with complex web design and very
> > interesting-sounding research approaches (St Martins, Glasgow School
> > of Art, even UWS) could tell us more (or even something) about what
> > their PhD students are doing. Some U.S. sites are good, but recently
> > seem afraid to let real research students loose on the web (to spoil
> > their corporate image?), and, of course, they don't do
> > art-practice-led PhDs anyway.
> >
> > As for the availability of theses on-line, I agree that that would be
> > most useful. I wrote an article on this subject for CTI/VADS
> > (http://vads.ahds.ac.uk/) in July last year (unfortunately it's still
> > not live). At that time, the British Library, British Standards, and
> > JISC had no guidelines or date for possible future guidelines on
> > standards for theses in electronic and/or on-line form. In the
> > meantime, in the USA and Australia, PDF (that's what Adobe Acrobat
> > uses) seems to be becoming the standard. In some initiatives by
> > German universities, Word or other purely text forms are suggested.
> > So, as art/design researchers what do we think of a possible future
> > standard of PDF? Does it meet our needs?
> >
> > yours,
> >
> >
> >
> > _________________________________________________________
> > Dr. Beryl Graham
> > Curator, artist, lecturer and writer specialising in interactive art
> > Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Art and Design, University of Sunderland
> > tel: +44 (0)191 233 1098
> > email: [log in to unmask]
> > web page: http://www.stare.com/beryl/ OR
> > http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/~as0bgr/welcome.html
> >
> > Web pages for art-practice-led research:
> > http://www.sunderland.ac.uk/~as0bgr/learnmat.html
> >
>
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