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Exploring conversance with ‘research for design’ methods in communication design companies
Mini-dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2014.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/46212 Exploring conversance with ‘research for design’ methods in communication design companies Reyburn, Duncan Kirstein, Marno Johan UCTD Mini-dissertation (MA)--University of Pretoria, 2014. The number of research for design methods is increasing every year, but existing literature reveals very little about the state of research in communication design in the South African context. It is not clear whether practitioners are implementing the methods, whether the methods are suitable to the South African context, or even whether practitioners are aware of the methods in the first place. This study is exploratory in nature and investigates three aspects of communication design practitioners’ relationship with current research for design methods: awareness, attitudes and aptitude. These three aspects are collectively referred to as ‘conversance’. The study briefly covers the etymology of research for design and the literature that is currently available from the South African industry. The literature review for the study is divided into two sections, the first investigating what research is and what constitutes acceptable scholarly research practices.The second part of the literature review establishes what the state of the art in research for design is and gives some idea of what good research for design practices look like, in the broader context of acceptable scholarly research practices. Four heterogeneous case companies are investigated in terms of their conversance with research for design methods, using a mixed methods embedded design. The field research data for these case studies is discussed separately, whereafter a cross-case analysis is conducted, to help guide the lines of inquiry in future research projects investigating research practices in the South African communication design industry. The study ends by making recommendations for further research, based on the outcomes. tm2015 Visual Arts MA Unrestricted 2015-07-02T11:07:17Z 2015-07-02T11:07:17Z 2015/04/22 2014 Mini Dissertation Kirstein, MJ 2014, Exploring conversance with ‘research for design’ methods in communication design companies, MA Mini-dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46212> A2015 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46212 en © 2015 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Exploring conversance with ‘research for design’ methods in communication design companies |
| title | Exploring conversance with ‘research for design’ methods in
communication design companies |
| title_full | Exploring conversance with ‘research for design’ methods in
communication design companies |
| title_fullStr | Exploring conversance with ‘research for design’ methods in
communication design companies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring conversance with ‘research for design’ methods in
communication design companies |
| title_short | Exploring conversance with ‘research for design’ methods in
communication design companies |
| title_sort | exploring conversance with research for design methods in communication design companies |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/46212 |