Dear all,
I think Jessica's right and cant agree more on her
thoughts. Is it - "PhD studies, design and
design research?"
Regards,
Vinay Kantharia



--- Jessica Persdotter Isaksson
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, I just wonder what have happened to
> this list? I believe it's
> time to drop the subject Ken/Cindy? It has been
> discussed for a long time
> now and I am not sure I know what it has to do with
> PhD studies, design and
> design research.
>
> Sincerely, Jessica Isaksson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of
> PhD studies and related
> research in Design
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ken
> Friedman
> Sent: den 16 december 2004 08:25
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Answers to an accusation and a question
>
> Dear All,
>
> It was not my intention to post again, but a serious
> accusation
> requires a response and a question deserves an
> answer.
>
> Cameron Tonkinwise wrote,
>
> "It goes to the heart of the matter. Ken
> Friedman did not just assume an avatar.
> To conduct his unethical research experi-
> ment - what an example for a PhD list! -
> he could have assumed the avatar of any
> young male. That he chose to impersonate
> a woman when negotiating issues of author-
> ity makes this matter greatly more serious."
>
> Cameron accuses me of unethical research. This is a
> serious charge.
>
> It is clear that I used a pseudonym. In doing so, I
> deceived the
> other members of this list. In creating a pseudonym,
> I chose an
> identity that would be far removed from my real
> person. I shifted
> gender from male to female. I changed the role from
> full-time
> academic to working professional. I changed the
> academic status from
> professor to that of a part-time graduate student. I
> created details
> to bring this character to life.
>
> Again, I state that this was not research, it was
> not a carefully
> considered ploy, and it was not an experiment. I
> created what would
> have been called a pen name (nom de plume,
> pseudonym) in another
> context.
>
> I cannot see how anyone can misconstrue my act as a
> research
> experiment. This is no more a research experiment
> than the actions of
> anyone who has ever created a pseudonym for any
> purpose.
>
> Cameron and I have clashed on a number of occasions.
> On each
> occasion, he has raised the stakes in the debate by
> stating his case
> in sharp and dramatic terms. In this case, he labels
> this a an
> "unethical research experiment," and asserts that
> the act of using a
> pseudonym to address the list was "not a forgivable
> mistake." In past
> debates, I have challenged Cameron on his
> dramaturgical debating
> style, heated language, and a tendency to shift or
> mislabel issues to
> win his point. (Cameron also clashed with Cindy, who
> pointed out
> Cameron's careless use of words.)
>
> I created and used a pseudonym. I apologized for an
> act of mistaken
> judgment. The act was purposeful. The judgment was
> mistaken. If
> Cameron deems this unforgivable, it is his right not
> to forgive me.
>
> I have long been a target of Cameron's wrath. On two
> or three
> occasions following sharp public encounters, we had
> what I thought to
> be friendly correspondence, clarifying
> misunderstandings and
> developing what I thought was a mutually respectful
> disagreement.
> Perhaps this was an illusion on my part.
>
> Soon after I revealed my deception, I heard echoes
> in several circles
> to make me aware that Cameron has been writing and
> saying a great
> deal about this. This is his privilege.
>
> As far as I know, however, this is the first time
> that Cameron has
> written anything publicly. He has never discussed it
> with me. For
> that reason, I only just now learned that Cameron
> accuses me of
> unethical research practices.
>
> It is Cameron's right to have any feelings toward me
> that he chooses to
> have.
>
> It is not Cameron's right to mislabel the use of a
> pseudonym as an
> "unethical research experiment."
>
> The dramatic progression that such a charge entails
> would suggest
> that I be expelled from the design research
> community or at least
> that the list should expel me. Cameron also suggests
> that I should
> have chosen a male pseudonym. Perhaps he wishes the
> pleasure of
> tearing off my epaulets, breaking my sword, and
> exiling me to Devil's
> Island.
>
> One issue that I hear offended Cameron was the fact
> that my pseudonym
> debated him and others on the topic of Design
> Philosophy Papers - a
> journal to which he often contributes. My pseudonym
> also debated
> Cameron on Heidegger, a philosopher he admires.
> Given the fact that I
> was an editorial advisor to Design Philosophy
> Papers, my use of a
> pseudonym to debate about Design Philosophy Papers
> created strong
> emotions for several people. These emotions
> apparently ran the
> spectrum from anger and rage to sadness.
>
> At the time, it seemed appropriate to me to resign
> from my position
> on the editorial board of Design Philosophy Papers.
> It seems that my
> resignation from the journal was insufficient for
> Cameron. There
> seems to be much more at stake here in what he deems
> an unforgivable
> act. Since Cameron has never seen fit to correspond
> with me about
> this, I cannot say more about it. I cannot resign
> from anything else
> to atone further.
>
> When I disagreed with Cameron in the past, I took
> the time to write
> to him personally as well as to debate him publicly.
> One cannot hope
> to emerge from every debate as Ricardo and Malthus
> did, good friends
> and close colleagues with differing positions, but I
> find this
> happens often among my friends in this community. I
> am sorry that my
> relationship with Cameron seems to be so
> irretrievably bad that he
> now reveals to me thought the list what he has long
> been saying and
> writing to others.
>
> One thing Cameron writes - in a second post - is
> correct:
>
> "Ken may have avoided some of the
> reactions to what he did, if Cindy HAD been
> viewed as a research project."
>
> Jan asked about my choice of a female gender
> identity.
>
> Perhaps my decision to create a female pseudonym
> sets this in a
> different light than would have been the case had I
> decided to create
> a male pseudonym. I am not sure why this is so, but
> I
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