well,
ranulph,
you know most of my work on design methods -- you reviewed my book.
here are four additional links:
http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers/96
http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers/45
http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers/46
http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers/254
best wishes for your project and 2014 generally
klaus
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From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ranulph Glanville
Sent: Sunday, January 05, 2014 1:28 AM
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Subject: Next request for text suggestions
Dear List Members,
First, good wishes to all for 2014. I hope that however you celebrated, or did not celebrate, the Festive Season, you had a good time.
The doctoral students in Innovation Design Engineering at London's Royal College of Art have greatly appreciated the suggestions for texts that list members have sent in, and I have found the variety and different views very helpful and also challenging: it's always good to get beyond of one's own frame of reference, especially when, as is my case, the reason to teach is to learn! The list members' willingness to contribute is not only very generous, but it is, I am convinced, a powerful way of acting as a community to help further design research, helping each other, and (from my point of view) the most valid reason for joining the list.
So I'm writing to ask for further suggested texts for the next seminar, which is on
Ways of doing Research: Design Methods vs Skills Application
What we are getting at is that methods do not just happen: they are developed and formalised, and they relate to skills and understandings. I go so far as to claim that method is a means of (aiming to) guarantee rigour, which of course while allowing us to benefit from the work of others reduces some of the individual responsibility for acting rigorously from the researcher. Maybe we need to consider what skills we are aiming to develop or reflect when we apply methods. It also allows us to discuss the by practice route, relating it to more traditional routes.
I reckon this is going to be a tricky and challenging seminar!
The program of these research seminars is structured to run in a 3 year cycle, and with this seminar we reach the half way point. This is the 6th of the pre-planned sessions: others are left open for students to suggest themes etc. Of course, they are not the only seminar type, or even taught, resources we offer our students.
As before, I ask for texts preferably of about 3000 words. I will provide a database to the PHD Design list with a database of the texts at the end of the academic year, as I did with last year's suggestions. I am reluctant to place materials on the web in one location for copyright reasons, even if this is perhaps a bit old fashioned!
Many thanks, and Best Wishes,
Ranulph
PS, the seminar is on Monday 20, so a response by Monday 13 Jan would really help!
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