Dear Colleagues,
Recently I posted a link to a poll that asked list members to rank order what they consider to be the most important issues confronting the PHD-Design list currently. Sixty-six voters cast their votes in the poll.
Some list members have encouraged me to revise the poll and try a second vote. Several list members kindly responded with their thoughts and criticisms of the results and merits of the poll. I am grateful for their responses.
I have copied a new revised list of issues below. I welcome your thoughts and criticisms on the revised list of issues.
After reviewing the recent discussions and I have concluded that there are nine aspects to consider.
Politics of gender
Politics of culture
Politics of knowledge
Rigor and argumentation
Power and argumentation
Interest and argumentation
Relevance of topics to academic rank of audience
Relevance of topics to PhD studies in particular
Relevance of topics to scholarship in general
I revised the list of issues according to these nine considerations. I welcome your thoughts and feedback on the revised list of issues.
The poll asks you to rank order—from very important to not at all important—what you consider to be the issues confronting the PHD-Design list currently?
Marginalization of women’s views in discussions
Intolerance of diverse cultural views in discussions
Dominance of scientific views of knowledge in discussions
Harmful effects of careless reasoning on the quality of argumentation
Harmful effects of power on the quality of argumentation
Harmful effects of narrow interests on the quality of argumentation
Prejudice toward topics of most interest to those list members of high academic rank
Insufficient discussion of topics relevant to PhD studies in particular
Excessive posting of irrelevant information
Thank you to everyone who has contributed to this project up to the present time.
Best wishes,
Luke
Luke Feast, Ph.D. | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies | Auckland University of Technology | New Zealand | Email [log in to unmask]
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