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Artsbased research in design education

Artsbased research in design education There is an urgent need in terms of changing world conditions to move beyond the dualist paradigm that has traditionally informed design research, education and practice. Rather than attempt to reduce uncertainty, novelty and complexity as is the conventional approach, an argument is presented in this article that seeks to exploit these qualities through a reconceptualisation of design in creative as well as systematic, rigorous and ethical terms. Artsbased research, which brings together the systematic and rigorous qualities of inquiry with the creative and imaginative qualities of the arts, is presented as being central to this reconceptualisation. This is exemplified in the application of artinformed inquiry in a research unit for graduating tertiarylevel interior design students. The application is described in this article and is shown to rely substantially on the image and its capacity to open up and reveal new possibilities and meaning. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Qualitative Research Journal Emerald Publishing

Artsbased research in design education

Franz, Jill
Qualitative Research Journal , Volume 7 (2): 14 – Aug 3, 2007
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Emerald Publishing
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1443-9883
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10.3316/QRJ0702022
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Abstract

There is an urgent need in terms of changing world conditions to move beyond the dualist paradigm that has traditionally informed design research, education and practice. Rather than attempt to reduce uncertainty, novelty and complexity as is the conventional approach, an argument is presented in this article that seeks to exploit these qualities through a reconceptualisation of design in creative as well as systematic, rigorous and ethical terms. Artsbased research, which brings together the systematic and rigorous qualities of inquiry with the creative and imaginative qualities of the arts, is presented as being central to this reconceptualisation. This is exemplified in the application of artinformed inquiry in a research unit for graduating tertiarylevel interior design students. The application is described in this article and is shown to rely substantially on the image and its capacity to open up and reveal new possibilities and meaning.

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Qualitative Research Journal – Emerald Publishing

Published: Aug 3, 2007

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