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PAPERS: Discourses in Design Research: Genealogies, Archaeologies, and Architectures Location: Appleton Tower, LT4 Zoom link accessibility: https://www.accessable.co.uk/the-university-of-edinburgh/central-area/access-guides/appleton-lecture-theatre-4-edinburgh Session Chair: Moa Carlsson, University of Edinburgh Session Chair: Peter Lloyd, Delft University of Technology | |
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Design knowledge archaeology: Developing the body of design knowledge and theory 1: Center for Design Research, Mechanical Engineering Design Group, Stanford University, United States of America; 2: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Aalborg University Business School, Denmark; 3: Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, Stanford University, United States of America The development of the foundational body of knowledge is a primary concern of Design Research. This body of knowledge is essential to design education and practice, which shape the human-made environment. This article presents Design Knowledge Archaeology, an emerging approach for systematically rediscovering and developing this foundation by analyzing the evolution of knowledge structures within design discourse. This article outlines and evaluates three distinct methods: the Focused approach, the Discourse approach, and the AI-enabled Semantic Similarity approach. The Focused approach reconstructs the intellectual lineage of a single perspective or recovers marginalized accounts. The Discourse approach maps competing perspectives and discontinuities across a topic. The AI-enabled Semantic Similarity approach identifies thematic patterns in large datasets. This article contributes to Design Research by providing practical guidance and illustrating each method with concrete examples, equipping researchers with a Design Research methodology for developing a more robust, diverse foundational body of design knowledge. View Paper: https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2026.1573
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