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Autumn 2008
October 01 2008
New Pragmatism and the Vocabulary and Metaphors of Scholarly Design Research
Gavin Melles
Gavin Melles
Gavin Melles is a lecturer in research degree skills with the Faculty of Design, Swinburne University of Technology (Australia). His interests are in the academization of design research, education, and the use of anthropology, and the social sciences in design. He has recently written about curriculum for international students in the journal of Art and Humanities in Higher Education, and visualization in doctoral projects for the journal Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education, and has presented at international conferences (Connected07, Sydney, Australia; Design Research Society, Hong Kong) on the nature of transdisciplinarity in design research.
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Gavin Melles
Gavin Melles is a lecturer in research degree skills with the Faculty of Design, Swinburne University of Technology (Australia). His interests are in the academization of design research, education, and the use of anthropology, and the social sciences in design. He has recently written about curriculum for international students in the journal of Art and Humanities in Higher Education, and visualization in doctoral projects for the journal Art, Design and Communication in Higher Education, and has presented at international conferences (Connected07, Sydney, Australia; Design Research Society, Hong Kong) on the nature of transdisciplinarity in design research.
Online Issn: 1531-4790
Print Issn: 0747-9360
© 2008 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2008
Design Issues (2008) 24 (4): 88–101.
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Gavin Melles; New Pragmatism and the Vocabulary and Metaphors of Scholarly Design Research. Design Issues 2008; 24 (4): 88–101. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/desi.2008.24.4.88
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