Dr. Arlene Oak, Visiting Scholar from the Department of Human Ecology at the University of Alberta, delivers a public lecture, “Qualitative Research in Architecture & Design Education: Interaction, Assessment, Authority.” February 23, 2017, 4:30 - 5:30 PM, Richards Hall Rm 15.

Lecture Description:
University-level education in architecture and design is explicitly about making objects, but it is also implicitly about learning how professional practitioners behave: while clearly-communicated information about design shapes the participants and the items they create, so also do the tacit rules of social conduct. This presentation considers how university-level design education can be an effective site for exploring the innovative outcomes of creative practice, such as buildings and products, but also as a site where powerful social norms and taken-for-granted interactional practices may be revealed.

This public lecture is co-hosted by the Department of Textiles, Merchandising & Fashion Design and the School of Art, Art History & Design, with support from the Research Council Visiting Scholar Program.