> On 18 Jul 2020, at 06:18, Terence Love <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi Danielle,
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> Thank you for your message.
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> I'm unclear what you mean.
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> Are you suggesting that PhDs in the hundreds of fields that have 'Design' in their title are not design research PhDs, yet a small number of fields PhDs are the only true PhDs in design research and many of these are in fields (e.g. Architecture, Communication, User Experience) that don't have design in their name?
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> How are you making the distinction? And why?
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> Best wishes,
> Terry
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> From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and related research in <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of Danielle Wilde
> Sent: Saturday, 18 July 2020 12:42 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: The uselessness of 'agency' in design theory
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> Hi Terry,
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> At the risk of amplifying your discussion, I’d like to take issue with your overwhelming inclusiveness of all design activities as research in a list devoted to Design PhDs. That a research activity involves design, does not make it a Design PhD. To presume that it does is simply erroneous. An Engineering PhD that involves design is not a Design PhD, similarly, a History PhD on [any of the 800 fields of Design you allude to] is not a Design PhD. A Design PhD is doctoral research undertaken using Design research methods. This also differs from an Arts phd, undertaken through creative (artistic) practice. To lump them all together, simply because they all involve Design is naïve, and does a disservice to this list, in particular to junior scholars who are finding their way.
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> Respectfully,
> Danielle
> —
> www.daniellewilde.com
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>> On 18 Jul 2020, at 01.20, PHD-DESIGN automatic digest system <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 22:15:14 +0800
>> From: Terence Love <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: Re: The uselessness of 'agency' in design theory
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>> Dear Robert,
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>> Thank you for your message.
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>> I suggest my previous post responding to Klaus is central to the
>> design theory debates on this list.
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>> Some background.
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>> There are around 800 fields of design of which the Art and Design
>> fields make up around 40.
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>> Most of the fields of design (over 50%) are technical design fields,
>> including the hundreds of fields of engineering design.
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>> This list is about PhD in design fields: it includes all.
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