Thanks, Peter.
I thought practice-based would emerge quickly as one theme. The work looks
very interesting.
I also was very pleased to learn that you see your work affecting other
fields. That interests me a lot--how we do that, what the consequences
are, and so forth. I talked about this in my paper at Melbourne, which
John Redman and the folks are busily compiling into the proceedings.
I still can't tell, from your description, what sort of theoretical or
philosophical framework lies behind your work, but what you have said gives
me something to begin with.
It is very difficult to rise up from the details of a research project and
see the broader line of inquiry that it may represent. Perhaps other can
help us along in this matter with other examples or with some speculation
on the broader frameworks that we pursue.
By the way, I am beginning some work on the relationship of neopositivist,
pragmatist, and dialectical lines of inquiry. Your project seems, on first
glance, to be a pragmatist line of inquiry--though I am still thinking
about it.
Again, thanks very much.
Dick
Richard Buchanan
Carnegie Mellon University
--On Thursday, December 16, 2004 3:29 PM +0000 "Peter J. Walters(ACES)"
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> In response to Richard's posting -
>
> My own PhD studies build on a 'tradition' of practice-based design
> research in the medical field carried out here in Sheffield. This
> includes work described previously by Paul Chamberlain and myself
> (medical connectors) Paul Chamberlain (vibro-accoustic products for the
> sensorily impaired) and Chris Rust and Graham Whitely (upper arm
> prosthesis). My research has been looking at emerging prototyping
> technologies and their application within human-centred design practice,
> using practical case studies from the field of medical device design.
>
> I feel one aim (and challenge) of design research is to use the patterns
> and processes of designing to integrate theoretical and practical
> knowledge; the outcomes of which may not solely be confined to the
> discourse of design research. The theoretical and practical outcomes of
> design research can (and should?) have meaning and significance within
> the wider community as a whole.
>
> Perhaps this is the challenge of human-centred designing?
>
> Peter
>
>
> Peter Walters
> PhD Student
> Sheffield Hallam University
> http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/cs/cri/adrc/research2/peterwalters
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