Intro Toward a research culture Theory-centered approach User-centered approach Education-centered approach Innovation-centered approach Context-centered approach

Peter Downton RMIT University Knowing research: researching, knowledge and designing The following argument is made: research as understood in sciences is not the only source of reliable knowledge. Design processes both use knowledge and also produce personal knowing and collective knowledge. Such knowledge is different, not inferior. It has characteristics in common with other knowledges and the distinct character of being embodied in the process of designing itself. This renders it hard to examine other than via the self-interrogation of designers. The knowledge produced in design is stored, transmitted and learnt through canonic works in a memetic manner such that design knowledge leads creatively to more design knowledge. ← back | download 20 Kb pg049.zip