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| Taking inspiration by Ursula K. Le Guin’s //Steering the Craft// and her notion of writing as an inherently lonely practice that is nevertheless grounded in a community of peers. Through different perspectives on writing, we will intensify our awareness of our own process and continue to develop it. | Taking inspiration by Ursula K. Le Guin’s //Steering the Craft// and her notion of writing as an inherently lonely practice that is nevertheless grounded in a community of peers. Through different perspectives on writing, we will intensify our awareness of our own process and continue to develop it. |
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| In connection with the individual MA works, writing is understood as deeply entangled with design practice, becoming a tool for thinking, reflecting, and shaping the work. | In connection with the individual MA works, writing is understood as deeply entangled with design practice, becoming a tool for thinking, reflecting, shaping and mediating the work. |
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| ===== Assignment and Expectations ===== | ===== Assignment and Expectations ===== |
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| Class hours: 15:00 – 17:00 | **Mo 06.10.** Kick-off / Write Abstract\\ **Mo** **13.10.** Peer feedback round on abstracts\\ **We** **15.10.** Karmen lecture “Art and Design Research in Europe" with Anton Rey\\ **Mo** **20.10. **Independent Work\\ **Mo** **27.10. **Peer feedback round and inputs on writing practices with Anthea & Duy\\ **Mo** **03.11. **MIZ Advanced Research Training with Bettina Ruchti (meetig point in front of library)\\ **Thu** **06.11. **Visit [[https://www.k-set.net/#kset|K-Set]], archive of independent self-published media. Schönleinstrasse 10, 8032 Zurich. Opening hours 18:00 – 21:00.\\ **Mo** **10.11. **Paper presentation / Submit for Peer Review\\ **Mo** **17.11. **Independent Work\\ **Mo** **24.11. **Independent Work / WIP Exhibition Set-up\\ **Mo** **01.12. **Peer feedback round / Zine Concept\\ **Mo** **15.12.** Publish |
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| **Mo 06.10.** Kick-off / Write Abstract\\ **Mo** **13.10.** Peer feedback round on abstracts\\ **We** **15.10.** Karmen lecture “Art and Design Research in Europe" with Anton Rey\\ **Mo** **20.10. **Independent Work\\ **Mo** **27.10. **Peer feedback round and inputs on writing practices with Anthea & Duy\\ **Mo** **03.11. **MIZ Advanced Research Training with Bettina Ruchti (meetig point in front of library)\\ **Thu** **06.11. **Visit [[https://www.k-set.net/#kset|K-Set]], archive of independent self-published media. Schönleinstrasse 10, 8032 Zurich. Opening hours 18:00 – 21:00.\\ **Mo** **10.11. **Paper presentation / Submit for Peer Review\\ **Mo** **17.11. **Peer review discussion\\ **Mo** **24.11. **Peer feedback round / Zine Concept\\ **Mo** **01.12. **Independant Work / Final Sprint\\ **Mo** **15.12.** Publish | |
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| **January 2026** Two half-day writing workshop with the PhD Centre (tbc)\\ **FS26** Research Proposal and Grants Workshop | **January 2026** Two half-day writing workshop with the PhD Centre (tbc)\\ **FS26** Research Proposal and Grants Workshop |
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| * **Bitton**, Joëlle. 2016. {{::jbitton_object_design.pdf|“The Object of Design and Research Methods.”}} In //Measure of Abstraction: Embodied Fabrication and the Materiality of Intimacy.// Doctoral dissertation, Harvard Graduate School of Design. | * **Bitton**, Joëlle. 2016. {{::jbitton_object_design.pdf|“The Object of Design and Research Methods.”}} In //Measure of Abstraction: Embodied Fabrication and the Materiality of Intimacy.// Doctoral dissertation, Harvard Graduate School of Design. |
| | * **Borgdorff**, Henk, Peter Peters, and Trevor J. Pinch, eds. 2020. {{::borgdorff_et_al._-_2020_-_dialogues_between_artistic_research_and_science_and_technology_studies.pdf|Dialogues Between Artistic Research and Science and Technology Studies.}} Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies. Routledge, Taylor & Francis group. [[https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429438875]]. |
| * **Christensen**, Michelle, Wolfgang Jonas, and Ralf Michel, eds. 2021. {{::nerd_2.pdf|NERD 2 - New Experimental Research in Design 2: Positions and Perspectives.}} Board of International Research in Design. Birkhäuser Verlag. doi.org/10.1515/9783035623666. | * **Christensen**, Michelle, Wolfgang Jonas, and Ralf Michel, eds. 2021. {{::nerd_2.pdf|NERD 2 - New Experimental Research in Design 2: Positions and Perspectives.}} Board of International Research in Design. Birkhäuser Verlag. doi.org/10.1515/9783035623666. |
| * **Cross**, Nigel. 1999. {{::cross_-_1999_-_design_research_a_disciplined_conversation.pdf|“Design Research: A Disciplined Conversation.”}} //Design Issues// 15 (2): 5. doi.org/10.2307/1511837. | * **Cross**, Nigel. 1999. {{::cross_-_1999_-_design_research_a_disciplined_conversation.pdf|“Design Research: A Disciplined Conversation.”}} //Design Issues// 15 (2): 5. doi.org/10.2307/1511837. |
| * **Dittenberger**, Sandra, Hans Stefan Moritsch, and Agnes Raschauer. 2022. //T{{::dittenberger_et_al._-_2022_-_teaching_research_in_design_guidelines_for_integrating_scientific_standards_in_design_education.pdf|eaching Research in Design: Guidelines for Integrating Scientific Standards in Design Education.}} 1st ed. Vol. 58. Design. Transcript Verlag. [[https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839463765]]. * **Dombois**, Florian, and Ute Meta Bauer, eds. 2012. {{::intellectualbirdhouse_dombois.pdf|Intellectual Birdhouse: Artistic Practice as Research.}} Koenig Books. * **Dombois**, Florian. 2006. {{::dombois_-_2006_-_kunst_als_forschung_ein_versuch_sich_selbst_eine.pdf|Kunst als Forschung: Ein Versuch, sich selbst eine Anleitung zu entwerfen.}} * **Erlhoff**, Michael, and Wolfgang Jonas, eds. 2018. {{::nerd_1.pdf|NERD - New Experimental Research in Design: Positions and Perspectives.}} Board of International Research in Design Series. Birkhäuser. * **Gaver**, William. 2020. {{::william_h._gaver_ben_hooker_and_anthony_dunne_the_presence_project_london-_rca_computer_related_design_research_2001_-komprimiert.pdf|The Presence Project.}} Second edition. Practice as Research. Goldsmiths Press. * **Irwin**, Terry. 2015. {{::irwin_-_2015_-_transition_design_a_proposal_for_a_new_area_of_de.pdf|“Transition Design: A Proposal for a New Area of Design Practice, Study, and Research.”}} //Design and Culture// 7 (2): 229–46. doi.org/10.1080/17547075.2015.1051829. * **Jarvis**, Nadine, David Cameron, and Andy Boucher. 2012. {{::jarvis-et-al-2012.pdf|“Attention to Detail: Annotations of a Design Process.”}} //Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Making Sense Through Design//, October 14, 11–20. doi.org/10.1145/2399016.2399019. * **Mittelstraß**, J. 2005. {{::mittelstrass_-_2005_-_methodische_transdisziplinarität.pdf|"Methodische Transdisziplinarität.”}} //TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis// 14 (2): 18–23. doi.org/10.14512/tatup.14.2.18. * **Nova**, Nicolas, ed. 2014. {{::dex-book.pdf|Beyond Design Ethnography: How Designers Practice Ethnographic Research.}} SHS. * **Nova**, Nicolas. 2021. {{::eng_nova_web_e4b49bc3e1.pdf|Investigation/Design.}} Translated by Walter Hackman. HEAD Publishing. * **Rillig**, Matthias C., and Karine Bonneval. 2020. [[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00575-7|“The Artist Who Co-Authored a Paper and Expanded My Professional Network.”]] //Nature//, ahead of print, February 27. doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00575-7.////==== Examples Good/Bad Practice ==== As discussed in class Mo 27 October * Lohmann, Julia. 2024. {{::chapter_12_phytofictions_and_phytofication_lohmann_pdfa1b_1_.pdf|“Phytofictions and Phytofication.”}} In //Being Algae: Transformations in Water, Plants//, edited by Yogi Hale Hendlin, Johanna Weggelaar, Natalia Derossi, and Sergio Mugnai. BRILL. doi.org/10.1163/9789004683310. * Zimmerman, John, and Jodi Forlizzi. 2014. {{::research_through_design_as_a_method_for_interactio_1_.pdf|“Research Through Design in HCI.”}} In //Ways of Knowing in HCI//, edited by Judith S. Olson and Wendy A. Kellogg. Springer New York. doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0378-8_8. // | * **Dittenberger**, Sandra, Hans Stefan Moritsch, and Agnes Raschauer. 2022. {{:dittenberger_et_al._-_2022_-_teaching_research_in_design_guidelines_for_integrating_scientific_standards_in_design_education.pdf|Teaching Research in Design: Guidelines for Integrating Scientific Standards in Design Education.}} 1st ed. Vol. 58. Design. Transcript Verlag. doi.org/10.14361/9783839463765. |
| | * **Dombois**, Florian, and Ute Meta Bauer, eds. 2012. {{::intellectualbirdhouse_dombois.pdf|Intellectual Birdhouse: Artistic Practice as Research.}} Koenig Books. |
| | * **Dombois**, Florian. 2006. {{::dombois_-_2006_-_kunst_als_forschung_ein_versuch_sich_selbst_eine.pdf|Kunst als Forschung: Ein Versuch, sich selbst eine Anleitung zu entwerfen.}} |
| | * **Erlhoff**, Michael, and Wolfgang Jonas, eds. 2018. {{::nerd_1.pdf|NERD - New Experimental Research in Design: Positions and Perspectives.}} Board of International Research in Design Series. Birkhäuser. |
| | * **Gaver**, William. 2020. {{::william_h._gaver_ben_hooker_and_anthony_dunne_the_presence_project_london-_rca_computer_related_design_research_2001_-komprimiert.pdf|The Presence Project.}} Second edition. Practice as Research. Goldsmiths Press. |
| | * **Irwin**, Terry. 2015. {{::irwin_-_2015_-_transition_design_a_proposal_for_a_new_area_of_de.pdf|“Transition Design: A Proposal for a New Area of Design Practice, Study, and Research.”}} //Design and Culture// 7 (2): 229–46. doi.org/10.1080/17547075.2015.1051829. |
| | * **Jarvis**, Nadine, David Cameron, and Andy Boucher. 2012. {{::jarvis-et-al-2012.pdf|“Attention to Detail: Annotations of a Design Process.”}} //Proceedings of the 7th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Making Sense Through Design//, October 14, 11–20. doi.org/10.1145/2399016.2399019. |
| | * **Mittelstraß**, J. 2005. {{::mittelstrass_-_2005_-_methodische_transdisziplinarität.pdf|"Methodische Transdisziplinarität.”}} //TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis// 14 (2): 18–23. doi.org/10.14512/tatup.14.2.18. |
| | * **Nova**, Nicolas, ed. 2014. {{::dex-book.pdf|Beyond Design Ethnography: How Designers Practice Ethnographic Research.}} SHS. |
| | * **Nova**, Nicolas. 2021. {{::eng_nova_web_e4b49bc3e1.pdf|Investigation/Design.}} Translated by Walter Hackman. HEAD Publishing. |
| | * **Rillig**, Matthias C., and Karine Bonneval. 2020. [[https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00575-7|“The Artist Who Co-Authored a Paper and Expanded My Professional Network.”]] //Nature//, ahead of print, February 27. doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-00575-7. |
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| | ==== Examples Good/Bad Practice ==== |
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| | As discussed in class Mo 27 October |
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| | * Lohmann, Julia. 2024. {{::chapter_12_phytofictions_and_phytofication_lohmann_pdfa1b_1_.pdf|“Phytofictions and Phytofication.”}} In //Being Algae: Transformations in Water, Plants//, edited by Yogi Hale Hendlin, Johanna Weggelaar, Natalia Derossi, and Sergio Mugnai. BRILL. doi.org/10.1163/9789004683310. |
| | * Zimmerman, John, and Jodi Forlizzi. 2014. {{::research_through_design_as_a_method_for_interactio_1_.pdf|“Research Through Design in HCI.”}} In //Ways of Knowing in HCI//, edited by Judith S. Olson and Wendy A. Kellogg. Springer New York. doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-0378-8_8. |
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