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Post Conference Workshops at La Clusaz There will be four post-conference workshops following the conference on Doctoral Education in Design. Workshop participation is included in the conference fee. Judith Gregory will lead a full-day workshop on July 13 on activity theory. John Langrish will offer two half-day workshops on July 13, one on thesis writing, and one on doctoral supervision. Anders Skoe will led a two-day workshop on July 13 and 14 on behavior design. When you book your hotel accommodations and make your travel arrangements, please allow for workshop participation. Please let me know which workshop you wish to attend by signing up at <[log in to unmask]>. If you have not yet registered for the conference, you may include your workshop preference when you send me your registration. Ken Friedman ---> Workshop on Activity Theory Judith Gregory, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Informatics University of Oslo All day workshop, 13 July Activity theory has been an increasingly significant topic of inquiry in research fields from design research and computer assisted architectural design to management studies and information science. Despite the growing interested in activity theory, little of the important literature is available in English. Judith Gregory is an expert in activity theory who used the theoretical framework, core concepts, methodological principles, and research methods in her own doctoral work at University of California. Her conference paper and workshop will explore issues and their implications for critical design practices and doctoral education in design. The workshop will deepen Gregory's description of essential concepts in activity theory. These include the mediated and collaborative nature of human activity in situated contexts, organized around the notion of the activity system, organizational, and cultural-historical communities of practice. Another concept particularly significant to design is the use and creation of artifacts that are simultaneously material-semiotic and ideal. Among methodological principles, activity theory emphasizes: following complex shared objects (motives) through time (developmentally); detailed analysis of practices (e.g., interaction analysis of video documentation, conversation analysis); intermediate concept construction (between theoretically informed concepts and field data); creating resources for reflecting on practices, design, and interventions; and "looking for trouble" (regarding discoordination, disruptions, and breakdowns as opportunities for creative problem-solving). The workshop will involve the dynamic presentation of the three areas of core concepts, methodological principles, and compatibility. Gregory will present recent cases of fruitful combinations between activity theory and other conceptual approaches. ---> The Seven Deadly Sins of Writing a PhD: Problem to Avoid John Langrish, Ph.D. Director of the Postgraduate Faculty of Art and Design Manchester Metropolitan University Morning, July 13 John Langrish has supervised over thirty PhD degrees in art and design and examined over forty. >From this experience, he has constructed a list of 'seven deadly sins.' The list begins with 1) plagiarism, 2) polemic, and 3) 'shouldism.' The Langrish workshop will include opportunities to identify these seven failings in examples of student work that demonstrate what 'sinful' writing is. In discussing the original seven deadly sins, Thomas Aquinas stated that the best way to combat sin is to concentrate on the opposite virtue. Perhaps that is how he became a saint. The Langrish workshop will also focus on the virtues of the PhD. These virtues include originality, reasoned argument, and relevance. These virtues are contrasted against the seven sins to concentrate on the positive aspects of doctoral development. They become more important when seen against the background of the 'seven deadly sins.' ---> Supervising the Supervisors John Langrish, Ph.D. Director of the Postgraduate Faculty of Art and Design Manchester Metropolitan University Afternoon, July 13 Nearly every University provides formal courses for research students. Few support for potential supervisors. This workshops is an opportunity to discuss essential issues in supervision: 1) There is no such thing as 'best practice.' 2) There are many supervisory 'styles.' 3) The only rule is that both supervisor and student should have a clear expectation of each other's requirements. 4) Several common problems cause research students to drop out. Many of these can be solved. 5) Some doctoral supervision is inadequate. Is quality control of supervision the answer? 6) Workshop participants will propose additional discussion themes. ---> Designing Human Behavior Anders Skoe President Interactive Coaching Services - ICS Geneva Two-day workshop, 13 and 4 July Design has grown to encompass services as well as products. In doing so, design has moved beyond static design in two or three spatial dimensions. Design now inhabits a non-spatial dimension, time. Increasingly, design also involves behavior as a dimension beyond the physical dimensions of space-time. Behavior design has many aspects. Between an organization and its clients, it involves the behavioral interface between front office employees and company customers. Within service firms - including design firms - it also involves problem solving, strategy development, company culture, and organizational learning. This workshop will explore this new area of design. Workshop participants will learn about behavior design and develop behavioral coaching skills. This includes understanding how to design behavior based on the unique, existing personalities of organization members, along with understanding cross-cultural issues, universally accepted behaviors and their impact on people. The workshop will stimulate ideas for research and explore ways to teach behavior design at the university level. Day 1 - Theme: Service Behaviors. This day will present the workshop plan. The day's activities will include: who's who among participants, mental preparation, service management, customer contact employees as product producers, a service is ephemeral - and consumed as it is produced, employees produce the service in interaction with customers, considering appropriate behavior, creating strong, effective corporate cultures. Day 2 - Theme: Leadership and Coaching. This day's activities will include: day plan, reflection on day 1, customer - employee role plays, feedback and suggestions from colleagues, feedback and suggestions from workshop leader, some behavioral psychology models and theory, dialogue on research areas, dialogue on teaching opportunities, action plans, workshop evaluation. Anders Skoe has worked as an executive in Telecom Canada, SAS Airlines, and the International Airline Transport Association. He now consults to telecommunication, information, airline and design firms. -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%