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Presentation
Presentation
This course offers students a varied range of design methods and methodologies, functioning as a laboratory of experiences around design practice and interconnection between the various dimensions to be articulated in design practice: personal, private, disciplinary and public. Crucially, it introduces students to the central methods in research: quantitative and qualitative.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Master Degree | Semestral | 4
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULHT669-25899
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
The canonical bases of design studies are loaded with political assumptions, since the 1960s (Jones, Cross, et al) until the present day (Manzini and IDEO, for example). This is a central study in this UC. Contents of this course revolve around 5 crucial themes: 1) History of design studies, covering the beginning of design methods studies, especially in the north of Europe; 2) overview and study of quantitative and qualitative methods; 3) spectrum of case-studies, provided by the programme’s staff and guest tutors; 4) Alternative methodological perspectives, challenging the European canon; and 5) forms of structuring, planning and methodological integration in design research.
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Objectives
Objectives
This UC focuses on the study of design methods and methodologies, covering the study of both quantitative and qualitative methods. The central goal is to offer researchers a robust knowledge of the techniques, possibilities and structure necessary to apply in their research projects, constituting an understanding of scholarly research. It also aims to develop knowledge about key qualitative approaches, including interviews, observation and action research (Schön). Similarly, the study of quantitative methods and data collection is fundamental, promoting forms of structuring, planning and critical thinking, exposing researchers to a wide variety of case-studies. Debate around these possibilities and the way to communicate them, complements the learning objectives.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
Multiple referential perspectives of practical and theoretical research through reading, viewing and access to still and moving image archives. Strong relationship between design practice and art through an expanded view of both. Strong relationship between multidirectional practical and theoretical actions through individual and group research exercises.
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References
References
Creswell, J. (2002) Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches. Crouch, C. & Pearce, J. (2012) Doing Research in Design. Bloomsbury. Bennet, A. (2006) Design Studies: Theory and Research in Graphic Design. Princeton Architectural Press. Blauvelt, A., (2019) Designs for different futures. Yale University Press. Schön, D. A. (1983) The reflective practitioner: Basic books: New York. Yelavich, S. (2014) Design as Future-making. Bloomsbury Publishinhg: New York.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
Yes
