Hi all,
I just wanted to add to this a little of the context of these discussion
papers at the Writing-PAD link I provided.
When Writing PAD began in 2002 we were fed up with the apparent apathy
with the humanities writing model that seemed to have been accepted by a
large number of A&D academics for some 40 years. There had always been a
mismatch between the kind of thinking students were being asked to do in
studio and on the written part of the course(s) (We called it Theory with
a large T to generalise and to try to avoid digressions about the
different schools).
As such these were a series of papers designed to be polemical and to
start debate about purposeful writing in art and design HE. This is why
all the papers end with a series of questions. These papers were not peer
reviewed. Ken suggested that this would have been helpful and I agree in
retrospect. But at the time we were trying to kick start something – and
with the success of our project - I think we have very much succeeded in
that.
My main point in writing about this for the PhD list is to clarify that
Maziar is not saying that designers work on their own and not
in teams (Maziar has run design teams and a collaborative business for
many years). My understanding of what he is saying is that in the process
of designing a person begins with the generative and moves to the specific
- that is how anyone (team or individual) - reaches a design or written
outcome. As a result he is taking the ‘I’ in writing as part of that
process of defining the specific for the designer. He sees the ‘I’ as
extremely useful to the designer.
I hope that this is helpful. (Maziar is not on this list so I felt I
should clarify.)
Best wishes
Julia
> Dear Ken, Julia and others,
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> After reading Maz Raein's "short discussion paper", I too noticed the
> premise not discussed by the author and which Ken refers to.
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> However, the other point that also draws my attention is the one you,
> Ken, echoes from your Lithuanian contacts. You say that these latter
> "distinguish between designers who can work successfully with groups in a
> full manufacturing process as contrasted with individual artists who can
> only draw or model a form".
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> It seems, particularly in UK (and probably elsewhere?), that this
> difference is often not clearly established between (Fine or crafts) ARTS
> production and (industrial production) DESIGN. Is my impression correct?
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> Yours
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> François
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