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While problem/solution may underlie practical design activity, question/answer relationships underlie design research (Poggenpohl, 2000: 150). The question will frame the research that sets the stage for the answer (ibid: 145). It directs the structure of a research project. Your position and what you intend to research will influence the selection of the research framework or paradigm. In this block, we will discuss the relationship between paradigm – methodoloy – method in research, because methodological decisions are influenced by the theoretical lenses employed by the researcher. In the introductory first phase, an overview of the heterogeneous field of design research and different “knowledge landscapes” within the field will be given. Students should be enabled to have confidence and position their own research framework, but also to develop a greater relational understanding of different methodological approaches.
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