Hello Richard yes I would be interested, its all useful material, please
reply to me off list. Many thanks to you and others on the list. p
On 12/09/2013 10:43, "Richard James MacCowan"
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>Hi Pete,
>
>If you are interested, I am currently developing the methodology for
>using biomimicry as a design tool in urban design. Would this kind of
>research assist you?
>
>Greetings from York!
>
>Richard
>
>Richard James MacCowan
>
>PhD Fellow
>The Leeds Sustainability Institute
>Leeds Metropolitan University
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On 12 Sep 2013, at 07:49, DAVID DURLING <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> I don't usually get into definitions much, as meanings are a moving
>>target and dictionary definition and street usage may vary considerably
>>from time to time.
>>
>> The terms methodology and method often seem to cause confusion. I was
>>discussing this just yesterday in a doctoral workshop with some very
>>experienced design practitioners. The definitions quoted in respect of
>>research are those that I too would use and recommend to researchers.
>>However, there is another meaning that is usually something like this:
>>
>>> a system of methods used in a particular area of study or activity
>>
>>
>> It is in the activity of design practice that designers will often
>>speak of their design methodology, meaning a collection of tools and
>>techniques that they find useful in designing, that they may have
>>discovered and gathered over some years, and which they may routinely
>>apply in their work. In this respect, methodology may have nothing to do
>>with research. This, for designers, is the common use of the term.
>>
>> David
>>
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>>
>> On 12 Sep 2013, at 03:05, Luke Feast <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Dear Pete,
>>
>> Methodology is the "comparative study of method" (Friedman, 2003,
>>p.507).
>> In research, methods are "the techniques or procedures used to gather
>>and
>> analyse data related to some research question or hypothesis" (Crotty,
>> 1998, p.3). Furthermore, there is the tradition of *design
>> methodology*(Cross, 1984). Cross (1984) defines methodology as "the
>> general study of
>> method" and design methodology as "the study of the principles,
>>practices
>> and procedures of design... Its central concern is with how designing
>>both
>> is and might be conducted" (p.vii).
>>
>> Could you please clarify what you mean by the term "methodologies"? It
>>is
>> unclear to me whether you are referring to [the study of] research
>>methods
>> or design methods or the link between the two.
>>
>> Best regards
>> Luke
>>
>>
>> Cross, N. (1984). *Developments in design methodology*. Chichester:
>>Wiley.
>>
>> Crotty, M. (1998). *The foundations of social science research: meaning
>>and
>> perspective in the research process*. New South Wales: Allen and Uwin.
>>
>> Friedman, K. (2003). Theory construction in design research: criteria:
>> approaches, and methods. *Design Studies, 24*(6), 507-522.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Luke Feast | Lecturer | Early Career Development Fellow | PhD Candidate
>>|
>> Faculty of Design, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne,
>>Australia
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>>
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