Dear Cindy,
thank you very much for this response to Johann, I had to smile and that is a good thing,
Maybe we can all use a large portion of humor after all of these very difficult and frustrating postings.
Dear Johann,
I was not referring that much to your words "Oh dear, I rest my case“. with my post but rather to the general and personal critique of Cindy’s short comment and to your proposal that this list should not allow opinions etc.
But I think meanwhile many other list members have said many good things about this……
I find it unfortunate that it seems a specific group of people here insists on their idea of quality standards in design research….
and is not open to other approaches ...
All the best….
Ursula
> Am 31.01.2017 um 09:16 schrieb Cindy Kohtala <[log in to unmask]>:
>
> To Ursula and Barbara
>
> It seems it is not recommended to post to this list if you are at all
> unsure about your positioning and especially if you do not use a
> specific frame and set of references.
> So only post fully articulated arguments with (again - a highly
> selective list of) references.
>
> If you are tentatively exploring a particular topic, if you think you
> are going to make a 'mistake' in terms of some people's definitions of
> academic standards, if you are not intimately familiar with all the
> different philosophical foundations upon which doctoral research sits
> and cannot state your position categorically, without hesitation as if
> in a court of law, if you are feeling that a particular design topic
> is interesting out of a 'hunch' and a not-yet-articulated,
> non-rational basis, but you want to feel out if other people are
> already exploring the topic, do not post.
>
> Finish your PhD, Barbara, and then you are ready to put on the debate
> robes and conduct discourse here.
>
> I am obviously using rhetorical exaggeration here and some sarcasm to
> make a point.
>
> all the best
> Cindy
>
>
>> To Ursula & Barbara
> You can only hope to win against Deep Blue if you
>> thoroughly study the rules themselves, and if you want to or need to break
>> these rules (dangerous but highly recommended), know that it can be done,
>> but only through improving the "rules" thereby improving the game.
>
>
> --
> Cindy Kohtala
> Postdoc researcher
> Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
>
>
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