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SHARING NEW KNOWLEDGE: NEW FORMS OF RESEARCH
Takken, R.; Whitman, P.
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2004
Editor:
Marjanovic D.
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DESIGN INFORMATION SYSTEMS & KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT
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919 - 924
Abstract:
This paper examines how knowledge derived from practice may be viewed as a valid form of research in the architectural profession, and questions how this knowledge is disseminated. Barriers to the promotion of research within the profession will be identified and discussed. The architect Greg Lynn will be presented as an example of a practioner that views new knowledge and technical innovation as something to be shared within and beyond the profession rather than retained within the confines of the practice. The paper concludes with a series of suggestions as to how practice based knowledge as a form of research might come to be utilised by a profession that is generally reluctant to share knowledge.
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