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A collection of short papers in response to an invitation
from Elizabeth Boling, Indiana University.
Many of us within Instructional Design and Technology call ourselves
designers, but the environment and the interactions in which
we work do not seem to me to have much in common with other
"design cultures" (architectural firms, design studios, theaters,
film studios, and so on). What are those cultures like, and
what might we need to consider changing if we are to see more
of what we want from our students -- imagination, process orientation,
self-awareness in design?
I hope to illuminate my thinking on this question partially
and initially by collecting a set of reflections from several
designers who do not work in IDT, or who have worked in design
cultures outside IDT at some time. I requested concrete descriptions
of the experience of working in a certain design culture,
including some starter questions. What are the activities
and expectations of people working in a certain area of design?
What are the physical spaces like where people carry out design
work? How do people interact with each other? What is considered
the "bare necessity" in such an environment? Who has the cultural
capital in those environments and how do they acquire it?
I hope these short papers will become a the basis of a conversation
among instructional designers who are struggling to understand
ourselves as designers, and particularly struggling to teach
others who will become designers. If you have worked in a design
culture outside IDT and want to contribute your description
-- or if you want to write a short paper of your own to discuss
what you read here, please feel free to send your piece to the
IDT Record.
Design Culture in
Fine Arts Studio Programs
Design Culture in
a School of Architecture
Design Culture in
Theatrical Production
From Outsider to
Insider; My Journey in Art/Design Territory
Instructional Technology,
Art/Design and Production Theory
Transitioning
through 3 Design Cultures: Graphic Design, Film, and Television
Design Cultures and Cultural
Norms at IU: A reflection (PDF)
Using “Radically Under-determined” Project Briefs in Interior Design Education
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