Dear all,
Cindy requested that I post my response to her to the group.
I am new to design research. My design education began in the dying
trade stage in 1977, I began practising as a designer at the
beginning of the digital age in 1987, and have only just begun the
research journey several months ago, in the third stage of design
development as a discipline.
My brief contribution to the discussion on rice and potatoes was in
fun, but I perhaps mistakenly felt ridiculed for not being scholarly
in my responses. I reacted defensively, but meant no offense to
anyone listening.
By way of explanation - the reference to censorship was in response
to a comment which I believed was an attempt to stifle 'unscholarly'
contributions, so if anyone is offended, I apologise. The reference
to inequitable power relationships was addressing the comment about
the quality/value of short messages and commentary and the value of
each 'voice'. This may have touched a nerve, coming as I am as a
practising designer and design educator, and now, a research student.
I hear researchers discuss design theoretically yet they have often
not practised design themselves - this irks me I guess, and may have
been a little of an inverted elitist kneejerk reaction on my part.
kind regards, teena
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Teena Clerke
PO Box 1090
Strawberry Hills NSW 2012
0414 502 648
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