Doing research in design. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christopher Crouch and Jane Pearce.
• Other Names: Crouch, Christopher; Pearce, Jane
• Contents: 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.
• Edition: English edition
• Publisher Details: London New York : Berg
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (xiv, 184 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 745.4071/173; Theory of art; Design -- Research; Industrial design -- Research -- Methodology; ART -- Folk & Outsider Art; CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Folkcrafts; History of art & design styles: from c 1900; Art -- Criticism & Theory; Art -- History -- General; Design -- Product; Product design; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857852199; 0857852191
• Related ISBNs: 9781847885807; 1847885802; 9781847885791; 1847885799
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-180) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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