Thursday ended with the conference dinner, which, again, took a purely Turkish turn – before the first food arrived, everyone was given a hip scarf, the band started, dancers arrived, and off we went. Yet another reason to join the DRS Pedagogy SIG – it all started with education research! The second keynote was presented by Zeynep Çelik Alexander, who gave an in-depth and fascinating analysis of the pedagogical roots of the Bauhaus, arguing strongly that the design curriculum that has influenced nearly all contemporary design education had prior pedagogical research roots (aesthetic feeling, drawing, designing). A comparative, auto-ethnographic, reflexive study was conducted and concluded: “What goes on in the hammam stays in the hammam” Goldschmidt argued strongly for the value of such spaces to develop design expertise – not simply design-like behaviours and actions.ĭay 1 ended with a visit to a traditional Ankara hammam for a Turkish bath. The Keynote presentation on day 1 was given by Gabriela Goldschmidt, who presented her work on design cognition and its inherent spatiality through theories such as Vygotsky’s Zone of Proximal Development. Questions from delegates on methods and approaches were as common as queries on results.Īnd, of course, the range of subjects of study expanded the anthropocentric to include, for the first time, both cats and squirrels… The range of research methods was similarly broad: from large-scale statistical analyses of large data sets through to rich description and dramaturgical approaches of analysing the Studio. In all, there were 27 presentation sessions organized into 18 Track Themes and the topics ranged from core design education themes (such as student development, modes of learning, and studio praxis) through to emerging practices in teaching as well as between education and society. The papers presented over the three days demonstrated the range and rigour of contemporary design education research. The day ended with a traditional Academic, Live-Band Karaoke with double-blind peer review singing… Quite a few good ideas for design PhD researchers came from this event (and not just from the experts…), so keep an eye on the DRS PhD Discussion board for more on this in the coming weeks. During the ‘pitstop’ itself, students had the chance to visit four tables to grill the ‘experts’ on PhD-related issues. The conference started (unofficially!) with a one-day PhD Pitstop event, where 24 PhD students presented their work, interspersed by short lectures by Owain Pedgley, Peter Lloyd, Gülay Hasdoğan, and Gülsen Töre Yargin. It was a busy conference, but one that allowed the community to reconnect, create new links and engage in discussion. In all, 87 papers and 6 workshops were presented. The conference hosted 150 delegates from 81 institutions in 31 countries, highlighting the continued interest in design education research around the world. And the Design Group were represented by both past and present members. The fifth annual DRS Pedagogy SIG Learn X Design conference, Insider Knowledge, was held July 9-12 at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey. Conference Report: Learn X Design 2019 | Crossposted from
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