Dear members of the phd list,
This is a note to ask for some help about my current research.
I have been collecting data about various industrial design projects
that involve social responsibility in some way, most of which is imbued
with an amateur spirit, around the concepts of participation, hacking,
subversions, teaching a skill, interventions, parasitism, democratic
design, lending authorship, activism, guerrilla design, DIY,
interrogative design with reference to Wodiczko.
I, now, would like to investigate the literature more, particularly to
see some examples of how to methodologically investigate the above
concepts which ironically is anti-institutional in essence. I am
particularly curious about applications of action research in
interventions.
I would like to
1. ask some questions to designers who are in designer-run spaces,
who work with the community, who use their hands on skills
2. ask some questions to researchers who can lead me to prior work so
that I can sculpt the above chunk of concepts to a meaningful
stitch in a context.
Briefly, me...research assistant at Istanbul Technical University (ITU),
MFA in contemporary art (San Francisco Art Institute), industrial design
bachelors (ITU)
Please e-mail me if you work with the similar subject or have colleagues
who do.
Thank you,
Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas
Cigdem Kaya
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