In this class, we will look at each stage of research: defining problem spaces, constructing researchable questions, and developing methodologies that work within the studio, the archive, and within a variety of communities. While the main focus of this class is to learn and understand how to conduct design research in varied ways and means, it’s also important to understand how research is transmitted.
Transmission is defined by Kat Jungnickel as “the tactical combination of making (how theory, methods and data give shape to research) and communicating (how we show, share, and entangle others in it)” (2020). In this course we will investigate how different research methods result in different ways to narrate design, resulting in different ways to meaningful transmit or convey these stories.
- Teacher: Patricia Vera