Abstract
Design researchers develop methods that blend design expertise and theoretical knowledge. Hence, design research emphasizes the importance of explicating intuitive knowledge and hands-on experience. Collective research that relies on more than one designer’s endeavors has also been expanding. In this paper, we discuss how to make sense of data when collected by two design researchers in separate spaces, under different conditions. Our project centered on the materiality of repair and involved data collection in two contexts. One researcher facilitated repair workshops, engaging in repairs and consulting with participants, while the other conducted individual repair work. Through biweekly meetings and conversations, we scrutinized our personal experiences and insights to generate research findings. This paper introduces a duo-ethnographic research through practice approach harnessing both researchers' experiences to conduct in-depth analyses. We advocate for the use of diffracting and intra-viewing as tools to systemically study conversations and validate the subjective experiences of practitioner-researchers.
Keywords
conversation; practitioner-researchers; personal experiences; analysis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.655
Citation
Merve Aktaş, B., and Gümüş-Çiftçi, H. (2024) Conversations, Intra-views and Diffractions as Tools for Analysis: Design Research when Conducted by a Team, in Gray, C., Ciliotta Chehade, E., Hekkert, P., Forlano, L., Ciuccarelli, P., Lloyd, P. (eds.), DRS2024: Boston, 23–28 June, Boston, USA. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.655
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Conversations, Intra-views and Diffractions as Tools for Analysis: Design Research when Conducted by a Team
Design researchers develop methods that blend design expertise and theoretical knowledge. Hence, design research emphasizes the importance of explicating intuitive knowledge and hands-on experience. Collective research that relies on more than one designer’s endeavors has also been expanding. In this paper, we discuss how to make sense of data when collected by two design researchers in separate spaces, under different conditions. Our project centered on the materiality of repair and involved data collection in two contexts. One researcher facilitated repair workshops, engaging in repairs and consulting with participants, while the other conducted individual repair work. Through biweekly meetings and conversations, we scrutinized our personal experiences and insights to generate research findings. This paper introduces a duo-ethnographic research through practice approach harnessing both researchers' experiences to conduct in-depth analyses. We advocate for the use of diffracting and intra-viewing as tools to systemically study conversations and validate the subjective experiences of practitioner-researchers.