Dear Susan,
I have been away for some days, so sorry, if this
reply seems somewhat late.
Your thought is interesting, but I think you have
misunderstood what I said.
I don't think much (any?) research is only descriptive
and without judgement, whether in material culture or
in design. And both descriptive practice and best
practice could be applied in either field.
What I meant is that design works (or should work)
towards results that have a practical
technical/social/cultural application in/through
future design work.
hope this clarifies things,
regards,
Kristina
Dr Kristina Niedderer, UK.
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--- "Susan M. Hagan" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Dear Kristina and Carl,
>
> I wanted to respond to the snip of text below. What
> you have to say about
> material culture theories versus design research
> sounds similar to two
> analytical approaches I was taught to refer to as
> descriptive practice and
> best practice. Descriptive practice is an analysis
> of what is, without a
> judgment as to its excellence. Discourse analysts
> often use descriptive
> practice in their study of, for example, regional
> variations in speech.
> Best practices often concern what is, but also can
> point to what could be.
> That analytic approach places anything but the most
> excellent work out of
> the scope of the study. Best practice is the
> approach I am most interested
> in at the moment as well. I also think that it is a
> place to which
> designers tend to gravitate.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Susan
>
> --On Sunday, January 9, 2005 12:18 PM +0000 kristina
> niedderer
> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > In my understanding,
> > the difference of using e.g. material culture
> theories
> > and methods in research in material culture as to
> > using them in research in design is that usually
> in
> > material culture it is a documentation of what was
> or
> > what is whereas in design it can be used to
> project to
> > what could be. I think what distinguishes design
> and
> > design research is that it looks at things with
> regard
> > to FUTURE applications and consequences.
>
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Kristina
> >
> > Dr Kristina Niedderer, UK.
> > E: [log in to unmask]
> > M: 0044 (0)7966 892 879
> >
> > References:
> >
> > Dunne, A. 1999. Hertzian Tales. London: Royal
> College
> > of Art / Computer Related Design Research Studio.
> >
> > Dunne, A. and Raby F. 2001. Design Noir: The
> Secret
> > Life of Electronic Objects. Basel: Birkhäuser and
> > London: August.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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