I would very strongly recommend the (half Australian, I think)
_Using Foucault's Methods_ by Gavin Kendall and Gary Wickham.
Not designerly, but careful and thorough explanations, via scenarios
of graduate students in seminars, of how to get Foucault really wrong
when applying his theories or replicating his methods, and so, if
mostly via negativa, how to 'do Foucault' properly. Really essential
reading.
Cameron
Dr Cameron Tonkinwise
Associate Professor Design and Sustainability
Integrated Design / Methods College
Parsons The New School for Design
>>> Katherine Hepworth <[log in to unmask]> 01/20/08 7:29 PM >>>
Hi all
I too was very interested to read of Amanda's class exercise.
Does anyone else have or know of any other examples of design research
methodologies influenced by Foucault's work or the governmentality literature?
In my own research I will be using Foucauldian discourse analysis to look at
visual identities developed for local governments here in Australia. So far
I have some excellent examples of this approach being used in other fields
(particularly analysis of media coverage), but I would be very grateful for
any design related examples. I am also interested in other methodological
approaches for visual analysis.
I was very interested to hear about your research, Bo. My topic is away from
yours I know, but still it is interesting to hear of similar approaches
being used in design research. This book may offer you some useful
alternative approaches for discourse analysis: 'Qualitative Data Analysis'
(2006) by Carol Grbich.
Best
Katherine
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Katherine Hepworth
PhD Candidate
National Institute of Design Research
Swinburne University of Technology
144 High Street Prahran
Victoria 3181 Australia
Telephone +61 401 408 804
Facsimilie +61 3 9521 2665
www.swinburne.edu.au/design
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