Abstract

Creating knowledge allows research communities to claim intellectual territory. Knowledge created by communities is not wholly evidence based; it is skewed, allowing them to claim territory. Existing research suggests that skewed knowledge helps the Design Thinking research community to construct a contentious dichotomy between Design Thinking and scientific thinking. There remains a significant gap in knowledge on how the community creates territory. This paper reports on an empirical study of journal articles. It uncovers how the processes of classifying key concepts and creating frameworks enable researchers to claim territory. It finds that flawed use of methodology and a lack of coherence may contribute to the acts of classifying concepts and creating frameworks – and therefore the construction of territory. It also finds that focusing on the idea that Design Thinking is ‘complex’ may allow the community to downplay the need for rigour. These troubling aspects are termed ‘Designerly Ways of Speaking’.

摘要

创造知识可以让研究团体拥有知识领域。社区创造的知识并非完全基于证据；它是倾斜的，允许他们声称领土。现有研究表明，歪曲的知识有助于设计思维研究界在设计思维和科学思维之间建立有争议的二分法。关于社区如何创造领土的知识仍然存在很大差距。本文报告了对期刊文章的实证研究。它揭示了对关键概念进行分类和创建框架的过程如何使研究人员能够声称领土。它发现，方法论的错误使用和缺乏连贯性可能有助于对概念进行分类和创建框架的行为，从而导致领土建设。它还发现，关注设计思维是“复杂”的想法可能会让社区淡化对严谨性的需求。这些令人不安的方面被称为“精心设计的说话方式”。