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Questions of behaviour, humanity, and practice The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Noël Palomo-Lovinski
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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How to measure the human value awareness of design students? The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Shadi Kheirandish, Matthias Rauterberg
We designed Value Awareness Measurement (VAM) to know how much design students know about human values and how they estimate their awareness of this concept. VAM is a questionnaire with four scales...
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The ‘right’ place to age? Exploring age-friendly and diversity-sensitive design in a super-diverse neighbourhood The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-12 Micheline Phlix, Ruth Stevens, Jan Vanrie, An-Sofie Smetcoren, Ann Petermans
The neighbourhood is a significant place for older adults in later life, especially given their strong wish to age in place, pointing to the importance of age-friendly design that accommodates olde...
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Visual depictions of the Polish–German border: a quantitative analysis of visual dimension of bordering practices Visual Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Łukasz Rogowski, Przemysław Rura, Adam Rybak
We find both the quantitative approach to (de)bordering practices research and visual studies about the Polish-German border relatively underdeveloped. This paper aims at filling methodological and...
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Interconnectedness, place and growth: a visual essay on transformative learning Visual Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Amy West, Helen Caldwell, Helen Tiplady, Emma Whewell
In this visual essay, personal growth, experienced by the authors, is explored and communicated through combined images and words. A theoretical framework – that of Mezirow’s (1994. “Understanding ...
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Stella Blum Grant Research Article Dress Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Lynda May Xepoleas, Denise Nicole Green
The Iroquois Indian Groups, a series of six life-size dioramas intended to represent different aspects of Hodinǫhsǫ́:nih (Haudenosaunee, formerly referred to as Iroquois in previous literature) lif...
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The politics of interaction and spect-actors in world rescue, eco, and plasticity: a Boalian perspective on digital environmental games Digital Creativity Pub Date : 2024-04-09 Jihay Park
In this paper, I explore the politics of engagement in environmental games from a political theatre theory perspective. Specifically, I focus on digital environmental games developed with classroom...
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Easiness and amount. Contribution of digitalization to the act of listening and its possibilities Digital Creativity Pub Date : 2024-04-06 Daniel Torras i Segura
This research focuses on the social-spatial relationship between device and subject and identifies the possibilities that digital technology lets listeners perform as listening modalities, such as ...
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Glamour Labor in the USSR Dress Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Alina Osokina
Unlike contemporary fashion models who benefit from powerful tools of self-branding and self-promotion such as the Internet and social media, Soviet mannequins in the 1960s and 1970s operated withi...
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A study on the intention of upper limb hemiplegic patients to use interactive gaming devices for hand rehabilitation The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Chujun Yang, Chih-Fu Wu, Jingyan Wang, Wen-Chi Chen, Haoyen Chang, Dan Dan Xu
Investigating stroke patients with hemiplegia, this study explores how various pre-factors and personal characteristics influence their intention to use interactive gaming devices (IGDs) for hand r...
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Designing technology for smart and sustainable cities of tomorrow –What can we learn from IPCC’s sixth assessment report? The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Teija Vainio
Since their emergence, technologies have been applied to sustainable development in urban contexts. However, as the pace of climate change is still rapidly increasing, the question remains: what ar...
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Signs of change: community, collective action, and gentrification in Brooklyn, New York Visual Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Judith R. Halasz
This photo-documentary project captures unofficial signs posted on the streets of central Brooklyn, New York to explore how community members engage with each other during a recent period of intens...
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A sad tree: visualising ecological emotions through bodies in place Visual Studies Pub Date : 2024-04-02 Chloe Watfern, Marthy Watson, Barbara Doran, Priya Vaughan
In this time of climate and ecological crisis, we engaged with young people and their families to articulate feelings in and about the natural world. Our research question: how might the arts-based...
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Understanding children’s use of a mobile digital storytelling app Digital Creativity Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Young Sang Cho, Jiwoo Hong, Woohun Lee
Storytelling plays an important role in early childhood education. Advances in digital technology have allowed storytelling to expand into shared and collaborative experiences. While mobile apps ha...
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A photographic essay on socio-economic organisation – temporary shelters in Kelowna, British Columbia (Canada) Visual Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Roger Sugden, Marcela Valania
The essay considers socio-economic organisation from the perspective of monopoly capitalism analysis, a strand of heterodox economics. The centre-piece of the essay is a photographic study of two t...
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Ring this bell if you want to save our planet Visual Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Hamish Stewart
‘Ring This Bell if You Want to Save Our Planet’ is a visual essay that explores the impact of Covid-19 restrictions on the Lower Lea Valley in East London. Its focus is to observe the impact on the...
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Intimate Apparel Challenges and Consumer Satisfaction among Female and Non-binary People with Disabilities: An Exploratory Study to Formulate Future Research Opportunities Fashion Practice Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Kerri McBee-Black, Md. Rafiqul Islam Rana, Halimat Ipaye, Jia Wu, Cali Burns
Adaptive intimate apparel is an emerging market that has yet to gain traction in the apparel marketplace. Female and non-binary individuals with disabilities (FNBIWDs) are the largest minority grou...
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Social Fabric: Art and Activism in Contemporary Brazil Visual Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Lizi Anderson-Cleary
Published in Visual Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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DIY Shoe Sewing in a Developed Economy: Behind the Motivation to Sew Shoes at Home Fashion Practice Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Lucie Sara Zavodna, Jan Zavodny Pospisil, Lucie Trejtnarova
This study seeks to identify and understand the motivation of people who sew shoes for themselves or their family members at home. Qualitative analysis of in-depth data from online semi-structured ...
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New Learning Environments in Design and Craft Education – Acknowledging the Learning of Design Literacy The International Journal of Art & Design Education (IF 0.813) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Hanna Hofverberg
The aim of this paper is to contribute to the concept of design literacy by exploring what it means to learn design literacy through making. To support my argumentation, I draw on a case study where I followed two student teachers of design and craft as they learned design literacy through woodworking. Due to Covid‐19, the learning environment was located at the students' homes rather than the design
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Preparing Future Designers for their Role in Co‐Design: Student Insights on Learning Co‐Design The International Journal of Art & Design Education (IF 0.813) Pub Date : 2024-03-19 Melis Örnekoğlu‐Selçuk, Marina Emmanouil, Deniz Hasirci, Marianthi Grizioti, Lieva Van Langenhove
The state‐of‐the‐art literature indicates an increasing need for co‐design education as it is imperative to equip future designers with the co‐designing mindset. This derives from the significance of involving ‘people with lived experience’ in co‐design processes to better meet their needs. However, the traditional design education system seems to include mostly individual designing skills, causing
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Under Tension, Under Pressure, Making Waves Dress Pub Date : 2024-03-14 L. Leann Kanda
The Fortuny Delphos dress from the first half of the twentieth century is famous not only for its unique pleated drape but also for the mystery of the technique used to make it. This article detail...
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Breaking from realism: exploring the potential of glitch in AI-generated dance Digital Creativity Pub Date : 2024-03-09 Benedikte Wallace, Kristian Nymoen, Jim Torresen, Charles Patrick Martin
What role does deviation from realism play in the potential for generative artificial intelligence (AI) as a creative tool? A deep case-study was performed to explore interactions with AI-generated...
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A closer look at Cuba’s public health model that prioritizes population health Visual Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Helena J. Chapman
As the largest Caribbean island, Cuba is known for its picturesque Havana boardwalk, musical rhythms, and tropical climate. A closer look at the national public health model that integrates care fo...
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Missed Opportunities: Fashion Fabric Sourcing Professionals’ Use of the MSI in the Higg Index Fashion Practice Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Noël Palomo-Lovinski
This qualitative study examines the disconnect between the intentions of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition’s (SAC) use of the Higg suite of tools and the actual use by designers, product developers...
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Editorial Fashion Practice Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Professor Sandy Black
Published in Fashion Practice: The Journal of Design, Creative Process & the Fashion Industry (Vol. 16, No. 1, 2024)
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Designerly resistance: Professional object design in support of Lebanon’s street protests The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Karma Dabaghi
Design activism theory calls on designers to take responsibility for using their design skills to make real social change though influencing the mindset of their audience. This paper discusses the ...
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Using cellphilm-making as advocacy: adolescent girls’ access to reproductive health services in primary health care facilities in rural northern KwaZulu-Natal Visual Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Nompumelelo Gloria Mfeka-Nkabinde, Relebohile Moletsane, Anna Silvia Voce
This paper reports on a qualitative study that employed participatory visual methods to understand how adolescents access contraception in a rural community of northern KwaZulu-Natal. We focus on a...
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Kurt Rowland's Visual Education: A Quiet Force in Post‐War Art Pedagogy The International Journal of Art & Design Education (IF 0.813) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Donna Goodwin, P. Bruce Uhrmacher
This paper introduces the life and work of art educator and designer Kurt Rowland (1920–1980) who authored the first set of textbooks on visual education and played a role in the shifting world of art and design education in post‐war Britian. We detail the foundational experiences of his extraordinary life in the first half of the 20th century including surviving the Spanish Civil War and La Retirada
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Upcycling Classics—Sustainable Design Development through Fabric Manipulation Techniques in Fashion Design Education The International Journal of Art & Design Education (IF 0.813) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Angela Burns
As the sustainable fashion movement gains momentum, there is a growing need to introduce such concepts to the next generation of fashion designer. One approach to produce sustainable designs is upcycling, defined as the salvage and reuse of discarded or found items into new products. This study examines a pedagogical approach for engaging 2nd year undergraduate textile and fashion design students in
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Eliciting Empathy Embedded in Design Conversations: Empathic Perspective‐Taking of Design Teachers Towards Design Students, Users and Materials The International Journal of Art & Design Education (IF 0.813) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Pelin Efilti, Koray Gelmez
This paper aims to interrogate the design studio conversations between teachers and students in order to explore the indicators regarding empathy. To investigate design conversations occurring between design teachers and design students, participant observation studies were conducted at two universities in Finland and Turkey. As an empathic indicator, we addressed (1) how design teachers take the perspective
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Enabling Students' Wellbeing in Distance Design Education The International Journal of Art & Design Education (IF 0.813) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Nicole Lotz, Muriel Sippel
Understanding changes to student wellbeing on design modules in a distance higher education setting is difficult. Previous research suggested that environmental, study and skills‐related barriers impact the wellbeing of learners at a distance. This study sought to understand the experiences of barriers and what enabled distance design students’ wellbeing. It identifies avenues to balance tensions between
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Montage as process of knowledge mobilization in architectural design The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Jan Silberberger
Drawing on findings from an ethnographic study, the paper at hand provides an example of a pronounced way of working with montage as a means of mobilizing knowledge in the architectural design proc...
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Imagining the city Visual Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Gary Bratchford, John Grady, Julie Patarin-Jossec, Kate Korroch, Susan Hansen
Published in Visual Studies (Vol. 39, No. 1-2, 2024)
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Critical visual approaches to understand the complexities and contradictions of the city: introduction to the special issue for Visual Studies Visual Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Geoffrey Deverteuil, Brian Doucet
Published in Visual Studies (Vol. 39, No. 1-2, 2024)
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The death and life of great visual urbanism Visual Studies Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Elvin Wyly
Published in Visual Studies (Vol. 39, No. 1-2, 2024)
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Customized Prèt-a-Porter: West Africa’s Answer to the Quest for Sustainable Fashion Fashion Practice Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Adwoa Owusuaa Bobie
The discourse on sustainable fashion has so far ignored two important perspectives; the contribution of fashion from Africa and how socio-cultural factors contribute to sustainability. The paper br...
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Unnatural nature – visual, spatial, and temporal contexts controlling our air Visual Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Diana Papademas, Stephen Kirkpatrick
The article is the result of the collaboration of a sociologist and librarian who have photodocumented the Sagamore Hill National Historic Site for decades to study the changed ecology, revaluation...
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Design is… redefining measurement – confrontation with climate catastrophe: Beyond objectivity and towards regenerative impact The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Chris Speed
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Vol. 27, No. 1, 2024)
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Networking concert halls, musicians, and interactive textiles: Interwoven Sound Spaces Digital Creativity Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Federico Visi, Tatiana Basso, Berit Greinke, Emma Wood, Philipp Gschwendtner, Cat Hope, Stefan Östersjö
Interwoven Sound Spaces is an interdisciplinary project which brought together telematic music performance, interactive textiles, interaction design, and artistic research. A team of researchers co...
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‘It’s all about connecting’: using visual methods to surface the multisensory and more-than-human dimensions of health information Visual Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-22 Deborah Lupton, Ash Watson, Vaughan Wozniak-O’Connor
Human bodies and health states are becoming increasingly digitised and datafied through the use of digital technologies such as mobile and wearable devices, apps and software, electronic medical re...
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Issue Information The International Journal of Art & Design Education (IF 0.813) Pub Date : 2024-02-20
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Exposure and embracing vulnerability The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Louise Valentine
Published in The Design Journal: An International Journal for All Aspects of Design (Vol. 27, No. 1, 2024)
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Cereal Box Chic, Ready-to-Wear, and Couture Dress Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Joshua D. Simon, Kelly L. Reddy-Best
Luis Estévez, a prominent fashion designer whose work spanned from the 1950s to the 1990s, made an enduring impact on the industry. His clientele included notable public figures like former First L...
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Style and Society: Dressing the Georgians Dress Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Emily Levick
Published in Dress: The Journal of the Costume Society of America (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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In Memoriam Dress Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Margaret T. Ordoñez
Published in Dress: The Journal of the Costume Society of America (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Case study of design-driven innovation in Japanese high-end electrical fan market: Focusing on differences in originators The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-02-14 Yoshito Kubo, Osamu Sato
This study aims to clarify the differences in processes, outcomes, and post-launch ripple effects in design-driven innovation (DDI), starting from industrial designers (IDs) and developmental techn...
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Dressed for History: Why Costume Collections Matter: Women’s Fashion 1750–2000 Dress Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Rebecca Halliday
Published in Dress: The Journal of the Costume Society of America (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Weak in comparison to dreams Visual Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-12 Anna Stielau
Published in Visual Studies (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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The sacred and profane in design: Exploring the transcendent nature of ordinary products The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-02-07 Serkan Güneş, Çisem Ercömert Görgün
This paper explores how specific products transcend their utilitarian purposes, evoking profound consumer fascination. These objects, characterized by an elusive quality surpassing practicality, ac...
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Development of an extended TAM model for enabling online social experience with smart home displays for older adults The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Ke Ma
A sustainable future requires prioritising concerns like the well-being of older individuals, considering the world’s rapidly ageing population. This PhD thesis applies the research through an inte...
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An application of generative AI for knitted textile design in fashion The Design Journal Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Xiaopei Wu, Li Li
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of generative deep learning models have proliferated as a tool to facilitate or exhibit creativity across various design fields. When it co...
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Space shaping in the design process for creative coding: a case study in media multiplicities Digital Creativity Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Kurt Mikolajczyk, Samuel Ferguson, Linda Candy, Augusto Dias Periera dos Santos, Oliver Bown
This paper describes the design process for The Mind at Work, a light and sound art installation using networked devices, as a case study in working creatively with complex and unknown technologica...
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The Boca Bauhaus Marcel Breuer, BRiC and Lynn University’s NFT museum Digital Creativity Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Cesar Santalo, Andrew J. Corsa, Alex Duque, Ariel Baron-Robbins
‘Art and Technology – A New Unity.’ This was a slogan of the Bauhaus art school, but it could also be a slogan for digital artworks that have been minted as NFTs. We trace the lineage of the idea o...
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An acceptance model of digital education in intangible cultural heritage based on cultural awareness Digital Creativity Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Xin Kang, Xin-Zhu Li, Chun-Ching Chen
Despite the increasing application of digital education in intangible cultural heritage (ICH), user acceptance of digital technology needs further investigation. In this study, a mobile AR system f...
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The NFT memento: digital thingness and NFTs in exhibition design Digital Creativity Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Frances Liddell
‘Live minting’ is an emerging trend in exhibition design which offers visitors the opportunity to mint an NFT memento in the exhibition. This paper examines three examples of this current trend in ...
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Reading computer-generated texts: examining code as a reading strategy Digital Creativity Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Tuuli Hongisto
This article explores code as part of a reading strategy, focusing on a case study of works produced as part of a programming challenge entitled National Novel Generation Month (NaNoGenMo). For the...
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Heritage values, digital storytelling, and heritage communication: the exploration of cultural heritage sites in virtual environments Digital Creativity Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Hyeseung Shim, Kyung Taek Oh, Conor O’Malley, Ji Young Jun, Chung-Kon Shi
Cultural heritage communication (CHCom) refers to the transfer of values that underlie heritage attributes and settings to intended audiences. Emerging digital storytelling approaches combined with...
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The Potential of Visual Arts Education: Strengthening Pre-Service Primary Teachers’ Cultural Identity The International Journal of Art & Design Education (IF 0.813) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Veronica Garcia-Lazo, Valentina Donoso, Kata Springinzeisz, Rolando Jeldres
This article reports on research focused on a visual arts education course offered during a primary teacher training in Chile. It was driven by the increasing cultural diversity in Chilean schools, the potential of art education to respond to this context and the limited space that this field has in the national curriculum, an issue that is replicated in most teachers’ training programmes. Intercultural
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Out-of-School Activities in Architectural Education: MUISCARCH International Architecture Students Congress The International Journal of Art & Design Education (IF 0.813) Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Emel Cantürk Akyildiz, Yekta Özgüven
This research aims to question the effect of adopting non-formal and informal learning environments into architectural education on the overall learning experiences of architecture students. In this context, a series of out-of-school activities organised within the scope of Maltepe University, Faculty of Architecture and Design, which are based on a variety of different non-formal and informal learning