Quotes

"Dialogue is mutual search for a new reality, not debate to win with stronger arguments. In a dialogue propositions are pointers toward a common new reality; not against each other to win a verbal battle, but complementing each other in an effort to accommodate legitimate goals of all parties, inspired by theories and values, and constructive-creative-concrete enough to become a causa finalis". Galtuung


"I use the concept of affect as away of talking about a margin of manouverability, the 'where we might be able to go' and 'what we might be able to do' in every present situation. I guess 'affect' is a word I use for 'hope': Massumi


"A discourse is a system of words, actions, rules, beliefs, and institutions that share common values. Particular discourses sustain particular worldviews. We might even think of a discourse as a worldview in action. Discourses tend to be invisible--taken for granted as part of the fabric of reality."Fairclough


Emergence is “the principle that entities exhibit properties which are meaningful only when attributed to the whole, not to its parts.” Checkland


"What the designer cares about is whether the user perceives that some action is possible (or in the case of perceived non-affordances, not possible)." Norman




Wednesday, 28 March 2012

Why do we need research?

A definition of  of creative research  could be "identifying new "'signals'  in 'noise'"


When identified then we can (if we want to) automate the process of interpretation and prescription.
If we have identified all the appropriate signals  for the context, we may get a very useful outcome.
Automation of which can have a great influence on quality of life

If not we may have various problems:

If not we have to identify more: do more research:

Identifying more subtle signals in the 'noise"?
Identifying if the signals are changing, or change in certain contexts?
Identifying if we are co-creating the signals to some extent?


In the context of increasing automation a speed of implementation/construction of designed solutions these questions become more important...


Research becomes more valuable...


Not in terms of the profits of the creator of  the  individual solutions...


But in terms of the people affected by the automated solutions..., perhaps the whole society... perhaps the stability of the natural environment on which it depends


Unless the solution is a completely enclosed, sustainable artificial  system this will continue to be the case
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