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Hi Birger, My sense is that your own work on systems-oriented or systemic design relates here. We find that individual ways of knowing are insufficient in seeking answers to big questions (or meeting great challenges, however one wishes to say this). So, integrations of multiple ways of knowing—systemic inquiries—might help. But all the attempts to integrate that I know of don’t truly integrate. Rather they privilege one way over others based on the project leads’ worldview (and, as Ken points out, lack of knowledge of alternatives). For example, in my own field design-based research (DBR) is quite popular. In nearly every instance I’ve seen it involves researchers trying to do research through designing—with little design expertise included. Another example is scientists attempting policy work and thinking that such work is (or rather should be) merely an application of scientific knowledge, hence their efforts boil down mostly to matters of technical communication (and frustration – if only those non-scientists would listen to us!). I’m interested in how forms of inquiry might be integrated without privilege. For example, I’ve been playing with methods that might bring together science/ scientific research (what is), design (what might be), philosophy (what should be), and politics (what will be). If you or anyone else knows of precedents for this, I’m all ears. Gordon ----------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------