Facilitating collaborative processes in transdisciplinary research using design prototyping
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In: Journal of Design Research, Vol. 18, No. 5-6, 2020, p. 294-326.
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T1 - Facilitating collaborative processes in transdisciplinary research using design prototyping
AU - Peukert, Daniela
AU - Lam, David P.M.
AU - Horcea-Milcu, Andra I.
AU - Lang, Daniel J.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - This article explores the application of design prototyping as a creative method to support collaborative processes within transdisciplinary sustainability research and to meet the challenges they pose. By drawing on discourses on integration, mutual learning and co-production, we identified six different interrelated challenges, concerning: (1) diversity; (2) communication; (3) power; (4) epistemology; (5) personal and team; and (6) focus. We applied design prototyping in four workshops that pertained to different phases of a transdisciplinary research process and represented typical collaborative research activities. Our analysis illustrates how design prototyping contributes to addressing the challenges of collaboration, thereby expanding the methodological canon of transdisciplinary research. In particular, it helps to create conditions for future-oriented transformations and their prerequisites, such as trust, common understanding and appreciation of the other. Consequently, we argue that design prototyping can be used to facilitate knowledge integration and collaboration among the variety of actors involved in transdisciplinary processes.
AB - This article explores the application of design prototyping as a creative method to support collaborative processes within transdisciplinary sustainability research and to meet the challenges they pose. By drawing on discourses on integration, mutual learning and co-production, we identified six different interrelated challenges, concerning: (1) diversity; (2) communication; (3) power; (4) epistemology; (5) personal and team; and (6) focus. We applied design prototyping in four workshops that pertained to different phases of a transdisciplinary research process and represented typical collaborative research activities. Our analysis illustrates how design prototyping contributes to addressing the challenges of collaboration, thereby expanding the methodological canon of transdisciplinary research. In particular, it helps to create conditions for future-oriented transformations and their prerequisites, such as trust, common understanding and appreciation of the other. Consequently, we argue that design prototyping can be used to facilitate knowledge integration and collaboration among the variety of actors involved in transdisciplinary processes.
KW - Challenges
KW - Co-creation
KW - Design methods
KW - Design research
KW - Integration
KW - Knowledge co-production
KW - Transformation
KW - Transition research
KW - Transdisciplinary studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85118794877&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1504/JDR.2020.118673
DO - 10.1504/JDR.2020.118673
M3 - Journal articles
AN - SCOPUS:85118794877
VL - 18
SP - 294
EP - 326
JO - Journal of Design Research
JF - Journal of Design Research
SN - 1748-3050
IS - 5-6
ER -