Dear Kari, Ken, and Colleagues
Kari, you wrote:
"Although we in principle and in general can say that artifacts contain
knowledge ("power of knowledge" like Marx it aptly put), that knowledge is
not directly available to us. To become a subject of academical research
discussion, it has to be articulated, reflected upon, and communicated. We
do not really have such a research genre, and not even a good vocabulary to
discuss directly about the novelty and significance of artifacts in
practices. (That is why the "annotated portfolio" idea by Bowers and Gaver
is important, it is an attempt to improve our vocabulary in this respect).
We now have to go around beating the bushes and use "surrogate measures"
such as efficiency or user experience (which themselves are of course
relevant and important)."
And Ken, you say:
"Our vocabulary has gaps in it where it comes to talking about what we can
learn from artifacts and how we can understand them, as well as the issue
of the role that artifacts can play in what we know and how we represent
what we know."
This problem of rational awareness of what we do, and eventually, when
needed, putting it in proper words to communicate it to others, is now well
known since decades ago.
More interesting at this point, I believe, is to learn what, in concrete
terms, is being or should be done towards a solution. In addition to
Bowers&Gaver's
"Annotated portfolio" that I am going to read, and Klaus Krippendorff's
invite to "Redesigning Design;An Invitation to a Responsible Future" (1995)
that I have read with delight, are there any other writings, or better,
concrete actions (for instance, along the lines of David Sless's
operationalizing the "Big shift" - https://communication.org.au/blog1/)
being currently taken to properly "language" our expertise as Designers?
Best wishes
Francois
Montreal
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