#mastersindesign

There are three types of writing and writing strategies: structural type, struktureschaffer, mix.

Writing is design: Different types of writing: thesis-oriented writing genre-oriented writing audience-oriented writing

About writing an ABSTRACT? Ask yourself these questions: what will you research? what is the question? in which disciplinary, theoretical context is your question embedded? at which gap in research is your work focused? what is the basic hypothesis in your research? which methods will you employ? what do other thinkers think about your subject of research (change perspective)

HOW to read? Ask yourself these questions: why am i reading this text? what knowledge will i get? how can i use this knowledge? where?

After you finish the article make a summery of the text and reflect what the text means for you, is it relevant for your research?

Martin Baker on different types of research

explanatory archival narrative textual analytic argumentative scholarly critical conceptual methodological model-building case-study hypothesis testing, etc.

HOW do we research something that we do not know? 

HOW will we know we have found what we want to know?

Crotty 1988: research process Crotty discusses shifting perspectives in research: ontological perspective epistemological perspective theoretical perspective methodological perspective methods

Ontological perspective is how you see things and how you order things, which changes the problem.

Some characteristics of design as research

design for, and in, a specific context, situation explorative, iterative, and collaborative approach interest in product and knowledge involved as designer and researcher generation of knowledge through an active design relevance for design practice and research community

Fallman (2005, 2007): research-orientat vs. design-oriented research

Gray and Mallins 2004: the research process WHAT: the identification of a ‘hunch’ or tentative research proposition, leading eventually to a defined and viable research question WHY: the need for your research in relation to the wider context, in order to test out the value of your propositions, locate your research position, and explore a range of research strategies HOW: the importance of developing an appropriate methodology and specific methods for gathering and generating information relevant to your research question, and evaluating, analysing and interpreting research evidence SO WHAT: this provocative question challenges you to think about the significance and value of your research contribution, not only to your practice but to the wider research context, and how this is best communicated and disseminated

'De ware ontdekkingsreis is niet te zoeken naar nieuwe landschappen, maar om de wereld met nieuwe ogen te zien.' We are encouraged to - learn to recognise conflicting developments - to discover small manifestation, often these small phenomena have significant potential to develop to switch between research and design often to reflect

Trends are categorised into long and medium trend (5 > years) short, less than 1 year scenario’s (5 > years)

Our area of interest focuses on trends relevant for individuals and societies.