Dear Ken and all,
Thanks for the advice and the links. I had already read (not totally) the practice-based debate, but i did not know about the keynote paper at Loughborough university and i will read it tonight.
Regarding the definition of METHOD and SOURCE by Owain, i understood clearly what he meant, and i made use of it because i think (made sense to me) it might explain in a basic maner the types of research that involve 'design practice', always remembering that design practice does not count as research in itself, but can be used as a 'method' to collect data to answer our questions. For instance, to design an artefact in order to capture and elicit user interaction with the designed world data, which could also be included within action research (adapted to design?) used in a design context.
Thanks to all for the comments on the topic, I have taken notes
Best regards,
Jose
> Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 06:12:34 +1000
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> Subject: Creating Design Knowledge: From Research into Practice
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Dear Jose (and All),
>
> The questions you have been asking entail a deeper set of problems and
> challenges. In 2000, the IDATER conference invited me to address some of
> these issues in a keynote at Loughborough University titled :
>
> Friedman, Ken. 2001. “Creating Design Knowledge: From Research into
> Practice.” In Design and Technology Educational Research and
> Development: The Emerging International Research Agenda. E. W. L. Norman
> and P. H. Roberts, eds. Loughborough, UK: Department of Design and
> Technology, Loughborough University, 31-69.
>
> The paper contains two models or conceptualizations of the design
> field. One demonstrates my view of the nature and relation between the
> large fields or practice and research in design. The other was a
> provisional taxonomy of domains and disciplines in design.
>
> The full paper is available online at the Loughborough University
> resesarch repository at this URL:
>
> https://magpie.lut.ac.uk/dspace-jspui/handle/2134/1360
>
> This paper considers how we create design knowledge. It examines the
> ways that research contributes to design knowledge in theory and in
> practice, asking seven important questions:
>
> What is the nature of design?
> How does the nature of design involve knowledge of certain kinds?
> What are the sources of knowledge?
> How does research function as a source of knowledge?
> How does research relate to other sources of knowledge?
> How do we create design knowledge through research?
> How does new knowledge move from research into practice?
>
> The paper outlines answers to these questions as well as providing
> information and resources for those who want to explore further.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ken
>
>
> Ken Friedman, PhD, DSc (hc), FDRS
> Professor
> Dean
>
> Swinburne Design
> Swinburne University of Technology
> Melbourne, Australia
>
> Phone Dean's Office +61 3 9214 6078
> Phone Faculty Switchboard +61 3 9214 6755
>
> URL: www.swinburne.edu.au/design
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