Schön’s Legacy: Examining Contemporary Citation Practices in DRS Publications

Beck, Jordan; Chiapello, Laureline

doi:10.21606/drs.2016.105

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“…Schön is one of the most important authors in design research and his idea are not often criticized (Beck & Chiapello, 2016). Inspired partly by this lack of criticism, we want to argue that it is possible to see Schön's vision of value as a flaw in his model of design as a reflective conversation with a situation.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…His work has been described as a "reflective turn" in the design world (Bousbaci, 2008) and as a new "paradigm" in the field (Galle, 2011). However, as exposed during the last Design Research Conference, Schön's work tends to be accepted without much questioning (Beck & Chiapello, 2016). Schön is highly cited and used in design research, but his concepts are rarely criticized or built upon.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A case of values conflict in the video game design field. A critique of Schön’s appreciative system.

Chiapello

2017

The Design Journal

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Schön's model of design as a reflective conversation with the situation is one of the most important models in design research, but it is not often criticized. This paper questions Schön's vision of values by contrasting it with Dewey's vision. It presents a case study from the video game industry to show the difference between Schön's and Dewey's value system. Game designers were interviewed about their values concerning casual games. The results show that some designers have had a change of values during a project: they moved from a negative position on casual games to a positive one. In terms of Schön's fixed appreciative system, a change of values is unusual, and it risks jeopardizing the design project. But this fixedness is contradictory with the idea of conversation with the situation, and Dewey's vision of values, which is more flexible, demonstrates stronger coherence with the model.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 98%