Harold & List
There is no such thing as a "design discipline" - we are in the unique
position of "not-owning" a groundless field of knowledge (Wolfgang
Jonas) = which potentially means we can - if only temporarily and for a
specific project - have access to any other discipline (or more
accurately, a basket of disciplines).
We have no discipline in the old-fashioned sense since "we" do not exist
without the other - in design's case without the social structuration
that is constantly changing ... try to pin that down!
The closest to a "disciline" we should come is that of the bricoleur -
we are / should be craftsmen using everything that is at & to hand.
Johann
PS: both Maritain aand Gadamer were against foundationalism / method in
the sense of "restriction" = this is what Bruno Latour would call
letting non-human actors determine who we are, because we begin to
imagine a discipline as an "it" that can provide us with answers (where
there are none)
'n Klip in die bos ...
>>> Harold Nelson <[log in to unmask]> 09/29/07 8:36 PM >>>
Dear Jacques et al
I am asked on occasion what academics mean when they use the term
'discipline' (i.e. disciplinary, interdisciplinary,
multidisciplinary, non-disciplinary etc.) . What are the working
definitions being used in this case?
Regards
Harold Nelson
On Sep 29, 2007, at 6:48 AM, Jacques Giard wrote:
> Christ, John, and list members,
>
> On this same topic of disciplines, I was director of the School of
> Design at
> Arizona State University until very recently. The school was
> typical of many
> multidisciplinary settings.
>
Harold G. Nelson, Ph.D.
www.haroldnelson.com
President; Advanced Design Institute
www.advanceddesign.org
Trustee & Past-President; International Society for Systems Science
www.isss.org
Affiliated faculty, M. Eng., U. Wash.
http://www.me.washington.edu/people/faculty/hgnelson/
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