Doing Research in Design

Synopsis

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. Christopher Crouch And Jane Pearce. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.