davidsless wrote:
"There are, however a number of people in the information design field who
have done some quite remarkable work in bringing text and images together
in
a discursive mode. Robert Horn's work is particularly notable and has
received quite a lot of public attention. Have a look at
http://www.stanford.edu/~rhorn/
One of Robert's most interesting projects was to do a visual representation
of the arguments about artificial intelligence. He has done quite a lot on
public policy debates, as well.
Cumulatively, this work helps towards legitimising the integration of
text..."
This seems like a good place to mention that Robert Horn has a chapter in a
recent book called Visualizing Argumentation
(www.visualizingargumentation.info) [disclaimer: I have a chapter in there
also]. I'd be very interested in reviews/responses from this list on the
issues covered in that book.
I have been a lurker on this list for the last year or so and have learned
a lot from it, and have often wondered if the work covered in Visualizing
Argumentation (which spans many approaches) could be considered "design
research" and, if so, in what ways. In my own case, supporting
collaborative analysis and design on the part of cross-functional teams in
organizations was a primary motivation for using such an approach, but my
current research interests have shifted to the role of the
practitioner/facilitator of such approaches, and more particularly on
ethical and aesthetic issues at work in the practitioner's moment-to-moment
choices in their interactions with groups. Can this be considered "design",
and can the study of such practice usefully fall under the mantle of
"design research"?
(By way of introduction, I manage a group of web designers for Verizon, a
large phone company, and about to begin doctoral studies at the Knowledge
Media Institute/Open University (UK)).
Al
Albert M. Selvin
Information Technology Group
Verizon
500 Westchester Ave.
White Plains, NY 10604 USA
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914-644-2156
http://www.compendiuminstitute.org/community/people/selvin.htm
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