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Toni: Thanks for your comments. I would be happy to have a conversation with you off this list. Ken has no understanding of the marketplace. Lets just leave it at that and stick with the issues at hand. Happy to communicate in that direction with you and others who are tired of the negative dynamics here. Lots of positive energy going on elsewhere. gk ... GK VanPatter Co-Founder Humantific SenseMaking for ChangeMaking NEW YORK / MADRID 6 West 18th Street, 9th Floor New York City, NY 10011 T: 212-660-2577 http://www.humantific.com NEWSLETTER: Subscribe to Humantific Quarterly Follow Humantific on twitter: http://twitter.com/humantific ... On Jan 15, 2014, at 6:49 PM, Toni Roberts wrote: > Thank you GK for such a considered response. > > This helps to contextualise my questions. As I said, I am quite new to > design research and design thinking was not the focus of my PhD research, so > am not up to date with the divisions you discuss. This is the only design > discussion list I subscribe to and would welcome suggestions of other lists > to join. > > I agree that academia is only one part of the picture and am exploring a > range of perspectives on the subject and again welcome any suggestions. I do > not anticipate doing formal research in the area but would like to become > better informed. I am not so concerned with definitions (although I find the > term 'design thinking' ambiguous and confusing in itself and in the many > ways that it is used), but rather with developing my own understanding and > 'position' on design thinking to inform my role in design education. For > example, I notice that some business faculties offer design thinking within > their programs without the involvement of any design staff, which leaves > design departments that want to offer design thinking as being seen to > replicate existing offerings or somehow having to differentiate their design > thinking courses from those in the business school. I need to work out what > my strategy might be in relation to this situation, if any. > > I appreciate people's responses to the questions I posed. I understand that > many on this list may be tired of naïve questions being raised by those of > us less senior in the field, and of re-surfacing what may be old and > contentious issues, but I hope the list can accommodate people such as > myself who are seeking to gain understanding through connection with the > wider academic design community. > > Best wishes, > Toni > > Toni Roberts > Hatchling Studio > +61 (0)413 455 414 > www.hatchlingstudio.com.au > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> > Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design > Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design > ----------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------