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Documenting the Research Through Design Process

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Jeffrey Bardzell,

Shaowen Bardzell,

Peter Dalsgaard,

Kim HalskovAuthors Info & Claims

DIS '16: Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems

Pages 96 - 107

https://doi.org/10.1145/2901790.2901859

Published: 04 June 2016 Publication History

Abstract

Documentation of Research through Design (RtD) processes is essential for capturing and translating design knowledge into broader academic knowledge. Moreover, it can support both design and research objectives internally in RtD projects, as well as external concerns such as project management, knowledge dissemination, and education. In spite of this, RtD documentation has received little sustained attention in prior work. Building on what prior work there is as well as an in-depth analysis of two markedly different cases, we present a framework for planning and evaluating RtD documentation. The framework addresses three core concerns: the medium of documentation, the performativity of documentation, and providing equal support for both research and design.

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DIS '16: Proceedings of the 2016 ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems

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DOI:10.1145/2901790

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