Ethnography and anthropology should be covered in a methods or research class (and threaded through every other design studios prototype exercise as well).
Conversations - or dialog would surely be a part of the design theory class. Mark On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 2:41 PM, Will Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To the extent that you all would agree that interaction design has > everything to do with the design of conversations, the design of the > mediation as well as the mechanism for the dialogue - building upon > Borgmann's reexamination of Heideggar in "Technology and the Character of > Contemporary Life" and " Crossing the Postmodern Divide," then I think one > could convincingly argue that at least enthography and sociology should be > included in any conversation about design theory. No? > > On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Christine Boese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >> I dunno. I'd never say Design Theory has nothing to do with ethnography or >> usability. To me, that kind of one-way design thinking approach is what got >> the design field into the blind alley it currently is stuck in, helpless to >> adapt to precisely what INTERACTIVE design means. >> >> That blind alley is the reason we are creating this new field in the first >> place. I'd say the last thing we'd want to do is put the Artist/Designer >> back into her high-tower, preparing wondrous creations to unleash upon a >> grateful and waiting one-to-many monologic world. >> >> Chris >> >> On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Dan Saffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > >> > On Jun 23, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Mabel Ney wrote: >> > >> > I would like to see the Design Theory include an exposure to >> >> ethnographic research, 1:1 usability evaluations and how people use >> >> screen readers. I see it as something like a hands-on lab for a >> >> science course and a way to help students find their passion. >> >> >> >> Also I feel the writing course should be focused on technical and >> >> business writing. Electives could include statistics and analytics. >> >> >> >> >> > This sounds more like an HCI degree than a design degree. Design Theory >> has >> > nothing to do with ethnography, usability, or screen readers. Design >> theory >> > is about the philosophical underpinnings of design and its artifacts and >> the >> > place of design in the world. >> > >> > It is much more important for design students to be able to create and >> > justify concepts than to evaluate them quantifiably IMHO. The ability to >> > create new, inventive, and well-reasoned products and solutions should be >> > what we're training designers to do. >> > >> > Dan >> > >> > >> > >> > ________________________________________________________________ >> > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > > > > -- > ~ will > > "Where you innovate, how you innovate, > and what you innovate are design problems" > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Will Evans | User Experience Architect > tel +1.617.281.1281 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > twitter: https://twitter.com/semanticwill > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
