@inproceedings{Chow, author = {Chow, Rosan}, title = {Design Research: Making of a Connected Discipline Part 1}, series = {15th International Conference of the European Academy of Design (EAD Conference), Online and in Person in Brazil, Finland, India, Spain and the UK, 16-20 October 2023}, booktitle = {15th International Conference of the European Academy of Design (EAD Conference), Online and in Person in Brazil, Finland, India, Spain and the UK, 16-20 October 2023}, publisher = {Editora Blucher}, address = {S{\~a}o Paulo}, issn = {2318-6968}, doi = {10.5151/ead2023-1BIL-03Posit-03Chow-1}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:898-opus4-67665}, pages = {200 -- 207}, abstract = {Despite the existence of societies, journals, conferences, and doctoral programs that generate increasing numbers of doctorates and research publications design research is not a coherent intellectual field with a clear boundary of its subject matter, nor an academic discipline founded on a consensual understanding of its purpose, methodology and pedagogical curriculum; subsequently, there is hardly any commonality across doctoral programs and the assessment of a doctoral degree is difficult if not impossible, so criticised the late design historian Victor Margolin. He called to unify and bound design research to solve these problems. While agreeing with his critiques and appreciating his good intentions, I will argue that his call is impractical as well as undesirable due to the social circumstances and the nature of design inquiry and the changing academic research practice which tend towards inter/transdisciplinarity. Efforts should rather be directed to join fragmented design research in an evolving and inclusive manner to establish a dynamically connected discipline.}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{Chow, author = {Chow, Rosan}, title = {Design Research: Making of a Connected Discipline Part 2}, series = {15th International Conference of the European Academy of Design (EAD Conference), Online and in Person in Brazil, Finland, India, Spain and the UK, 16-20 October 2023}, volume = {11}, booktitle = {15th International Conference of the European Academy of Design (EAD Conference), Online and in Person in Brazil, Finland, India, Spain and the UK, 16-20 October 2023}, publisher = {Editora Blucher}, address = {S{\~a}o Paulo}, issn = {2318-6968}, doi = {10.5151/ead2023-1BIL-03Posit-04Chow-2}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:898-opus4-67675}, pages = {208 -- 214}, abstract = {In "Design Research: Making of a Connected Discipline Part 1", I argue that the social circumstances and the nature of design inquiry and the changing academic research practice which tend towards inter/ trans-disciplinarity render building a unified and bounded discipline unrealistic and undesirable. In place of unified and bounded, I suggest connected to be a more viable concept to think about disciplinary research in design. Here in Part 2, I make some suggestions to start making of a connected discipline.}, language = {en} }