Science and Design: The Implications of Different Forms of Accountability

This chapter sets out to explicitly contrast scientific and design approaches to knowing. In both cases, practitioners create situations for people to engage, and the results may be of interest to the research community. Scientific researchers need to be able to defend the logic of each step of thei...

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Published inWays of Knowing in HCI pp. 143 - 165
Main Author Gaver, William
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Springer 2014
Springer New York
Subjects
Design Artefact
Design Space
Probe Return
Scientific Hypothesis
Scientific Method
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Summary:This chapter sets out to explicitly contrast scientific and design approaches to knowing. In both cases, practitioners create situations for people to engage, and the results may be of interest to the research community. Scientific researchers need to be able to defend the logic of each step of their process from hypothesis to test to theory. Design, in contrast, relies simply on the success of the artefacts it creates. This implies a great degree of methodological liberty, including the potential to create open-ended designs that occasion new and illuminating engagements with the world.
ISBN:9781493903771
1493903772
DOI:10.1007/978-1-4939-0378-8_7