You're right Teena! I think it would be more accurate to refer to my topic
as being about design practice's interaction with research. And thanks
again for the references. I've started reading and finding many useful
points.
Best wishes,
Emma
On 13/08/12 9:39 AM, "teena clerke" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Hi Emma,
>
>> Thank you for all the replies to my post on research and practice.
>
>As a design academic who designs and researches, I see research AS
>practice, just a different kind of practice to that in which I engage
>when I design. You might read outside the design literature for
>different 'understandings' about research (I find the idea of
>'definitions' problematic for reasons which are again currently
>playing out on the list in relation to what design is).
>
>As you are focusing on how vis com design academics and practitioners
>do/understand/use/value research, it might be useful to step outside
>the self-referencing community of which we are part. I suggest a
>couple of readings I have used to introduce undergrad adult education
>students to the idea of research and inquiry what are these things,
>how are they used, where do they overlap and differ, and their
>respective value to 'practitioners' (because after all, 'practice' is
>something that all professionals, including designers and design
>academics do for example, teachers practice). Note however, I am
>not simply replacing 'little r' with 'inquiry' and retaining the high
>moral ground to 'big r' research. As Gunnar suggests, the meaning
>individuals make of these things varies across disciplines and
>institutional epistemological camps.
>
>As readers may note, the epistemological perspective on which I draw
>is research as a social practice of knowledge production that uses
>predominantly qualitative research methods. The references are:
>
>Crotty, M. 1998, The foundations of social research: meaning and
>perspective in the research process,Allen & Unwin, Crows Nest (the
>introduction, pp. 117 is useful).
>
>Mason, J. 2002, Qualitative researching, 2nd edn, Sage, London.
>
>cheers, teena
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