Thank you for being such an amazing educator Chris and for finding the
Tacit Gang. I wish you did not retire.
* Tacit Gang is an informal collective of researchers mainly based at
Sheffield Hallam University, pondering on tacit knowledge and its role
in making.
--
Ms. Cigdem Kaya
Assistant Professor, MFA, PhD
Istanbul Technical University
Department of Industrial Product Design
Taskisla, Istanbul 34437, Turkey
t. 0212 2931310 x 2824
f. 0212 2514895
w. www.tasarim.itu.edu.tr
www.cigdemkaya.net
Alinti Chris Rust <[log in to unmask]>
> On 14/02/2012 14:31, André Liem wrote:
>> I like your quote below: " In theory, practice follows theory, in
>> practice theory follows practice".
>> Is it yours? If not, where do you get it from?
>>
> Not sure where it comes from, I guess somebody here will know if it
> has provenance. Google's first hit is to me ascribing it to "anon"
> (At my age you have to defer to your younger self). I think it
> represents our approach to both research and learning very well.
>
> My other favourite, less pointful but more amusing, is
>
> "Theory is when it doesn't work and you know why. Practice is when
> it works but you don't know why. We do both, it doesn't work and we
> don't know why."
>
> My colleague Nicola Wood found that a while back on (I think) the
> Norwegian Antarctic Survey website but I daresay they didn't invent
> it.
>
> Best wishes from Sheffield
> Chris
>
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