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Design Research: Making of a Connected Discipline Part 1

  • 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.

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Author:Rosan Chow
URN:urn:nbn:de:bvb:898-opus4-67665
DOI:https://doi.org/10.5151/ead2023-1BIL-03Posit-03Chow-1
ISSN:2318-6968
Parent Title (English):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
Place of publication:São Paulo
Document Type:conference proceeding (article)
Language:English
Year of first Publication:2023
Publishing Institution:Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg
Release Date:2023/12/14
Tag:Connected Discipline; Design Research; Design Studies; Fragmented Adhocracy; Transdisciplinary
First Page:200
Last Page:207
Andere Schriftenreihe:Blucher Design Proceedings
Institutes:Fakultät Architektur
Begutachtungsstatus:peer-reviewed
research focus:Gebäude und Infrastruktur
OpenAccess Publikationsweg:Bronze Open Access - frei zugänglich aber ohne Lizenzhinweis
Licence (German):Keine Lizenz - Es gilt das deutsche Urheberrecht: § 53 UrhG