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Uncertainty and disciplinary difference: mapping attitudes towards uncertainty across discipline boundaries
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posted on 2023-05-21, 02:58 authored by Loren DyerLoren Dyer, Jacqueline PowerJacqueline Power, Andrew SteenAndrew Steen, Louise WallisLouise Wallis, Aidan DavisonAidan DavisonThis article investigates the different ways that uncertainty is understood and approached across design disciplines. Structural attitudes toward uncertainty are assessed in design thinking literature before other possible ways of viewing uncertainty in the design process are introduced. Uncertainty is then presented as a source of epistemological difference between design disciplines, and this difference is explicated through a project that uses literature survey and analytical diagramming to map differences between discipline attitudes to uncertainty. Our review identifies uncertainty as a prevalent source of discipline difference with the goal of better describing barriers, and effective responses to them, in inter- and trans-disciplinary design agendas.
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Publication title
Design StudiesVolume
77Article number
101055Number
101055Pagination
1-24ISSN
0142-694XDepartment/School
School of Architecture and DesignPublisher
ElsevierPlace of publication
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