Art Research Methodologies: Section 3: Paul van der Lem

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Outline of Section 3:
Preface
Paul van der Lem : Action Research

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Preface

These are lecture notes from a series of of speakers involved in art PhDs. Each was asked to speak about their research process and methodology.

Professor Paul van der Lem completed his PhD in 1985. He has worked as an international designer in publishing and filmmaking. As an MA course leader in Leicester he involved his students in design work for a range of real clients such as the BBC, Central Independent Television, Granada Television, publishing firms, electricity boards, engineering companies, the National Health, the RAF, the Prison Department of the Home Office and Leicestershire Council. He has been Head of Design at the London College of Printing, Dean of Faculty at UWE, Bristol and visiting professor in Europe and Asia. He believes strongly that research should either underpin client-orientated design or generate new theoretical concepts useful for the creative professions. His article The development of the PhD for the visual arts is available at: http://www.media.uwe.ac.uk/exchange_online/exch2_article2.php3

The lecture took place on St. Peter's Campus, University of Sunderland, Wed 2 Mar.

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Detail from historical image used in powerpoint presentation.

Paul van der Lem .

Research techniques & ideas based on user participation.
How to mobilise concepts which allow you to understand how people are motivated to give a designer insight into what they want or intend to do with your design.

A lecture about the seductive and dangerous techniques of research which have been successful for many decades throughout the world, known as: Action Research (AR) and Participatory Action Research (PAR).

Illustration: Lewin’s cyclic model, redrawn

 

Click here to download the Powerpoint presentation.

Click here to download the paper "Participative design" by Paul van der Lem & Prayoot Wongpang.

Beryl Graham also has video documentation of this presentation.

 

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last updated 4 Mar 2005. Beryl Graham