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Building a discipline: Indicators of expansion, integration and consolidation in design research across four decades

Christensen, Bo T. and Ball, Linden orcid iconORCID: 0000-0002-5099-0124 (2019) Building a discipline: Indicators of expansion, integration and consolidation in design research across four decades. Design Studies, 65 . pp. 18-34. ISSN 0142-694X

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.destud.2019.10.001

Abstract

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We explored indicators of domain expansion, integration and consolidation in Design Studies.
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Author disciplines have expanded into humanities, social science, and human professions.
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An increased level of cross-disciplinary collaboration across time is evident.
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The term ‘design’ has become increasingly central in stated university affiliations.
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Across a 40 year timespan the design domain has consolidated its core foundations.


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