Doing research in design / Christopher Crouch and Jane Pearce.
Material type: TextPublisher: Oxford : Berg, 2012Edition: English editionDescription: xiv, 184 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1847885802
- 9781847885807
- 1847885799
- 9781847885791
- 745.2072 23
- TS171.4 .C76 2012
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 745.2072 CRO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Issued | 01/10/2024 | A509566B |
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745.2068 GOS The professional practice of design / | 745.2068 GRA The business of design : balancing creativity and profitability / | 745.2068 SHE Product design for engineers / | 745.2072 CRO Doing research in design / | 745.20721 MIL Research methods for product design / | 745.20721 MUR Research for designers : a guide to methods and practice / | 745.20721 MUR Research for designers : a guide to methods and practice / |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-180) and index.
1.Positioning the Designer -- What the Designer Does -- The Context of Designing -- 2.What Do Designers and Researchers Do? Thinking, Doing and Researching -- Initiating Change -- Thinking about Questions, Problems and Solutions -- Wicked Problems -- Collaborative Designing and Research -- Thinking about Research -- 3.Practice and Praxis, Reflection and Reflexivity -- Practice -- Praxis -- Reflection -- Reflexivity -- 4.Thinking about Research: Methodology -- What Is a Research Methodology? -- What Is a Research Position? -- Theoretical Lenses for Research -- Methodologies for Research in Design -- Conclusion: From Methodology to Methods -- Questions for Reflection -- 5.Doing Research: From Methodologies to Methods -- Identifying a Research Purpose -- Quantitative and Qualitative Research -- Ethical Research Practices -- Framing a Research Question: Narrowing Down and Opening Up -- 6.In the Picture: Ethnography and Observation --
What Is Ethnography? -- Methodological Concerns -- New Ethnographies -- Methods in Ethnographic Research: Observation -- Ethnography for Research in Design -- Questions for Reflection -- Conclusion -- 7.Understanding through Story: Narratives -- What Is Narrative? -- Narratives in Research -- Narratives for Research in Design -- Methods in Narrative Research: Interviewing -- Sketches of Research Projects Using Narrative -- Questions for Reflection: Narrative -- Conclusion -- 8.Using Case Studies and Mixed Methods -- What Is Case Study Research? -- The Logo Project: A Case Study -- Methodological Choices in Case Study Research -- Survey Research -- Sketches of Research Projects Using a Case Study Approach -- Conclusion -- 9.Action Research -- What Is Action Research? -- Action Research and Design Praxis -- Practical Action Research: Anusha's Project -- Participatory Action Research: Urban Playground -- Sketch of a Research Project Using Action Research --
Questions for Reflection -- Conclusion: Action Research and Design Practice -- 10.Writing about Research -- Writing as Part of the Research Process -- The Purpose of Reporting Research -- The Forms of Academic Writing -- Representing Data Visually -- Conclusion.
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