PhD Dissertation
Thesis title: Designing (researching) lived experience
My dissertation was completed and examined in 2007. I was very fortunate to have a distinguished panel of examiners,
Professor Alain Findeli (University of Montreal and University of Nimes -France)
Professor Bruce Hanington (Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh)
Professor Cameron Tonkinwise (Parsons The New School for Design - New York)
I hope you find the following presentation easy to navigate and are able to find elements that are interesting and useful.
The dissertation is divided into three parts.
- Part one: Defining the field - introduces and provides the background to the thesis followed by a discussion of the literature related to philosophy, methodology and design theory which was reviewed over the course of the candidature and used to guide and support it throughout its many phases
- Part two: Empirical research - discusses practical aspects of the field research, followed by the two key stages of data analysis and synthesis leading to the development of the ToE and SEEING methods
- Part three: Presentation – Presents a discussion of the outcome of validation trials in Australia and Germany along with conclusions drawn from these and the project as a whole, culminating in suggestions for further research
Chapter zero - Thesis preamble, abstract, summary, table of contents
Chapter one - Introduction, research goals and objectives
Chapter two - The role of sustainable transport in the research
Chapter three – The philosophy and methodology applied in the research
Chapter four – Design theory related to experience
Chapter five – Field research in Europe 2004
Chapter six - Exploratory data analysis and synthesis
Chapter seven - Developing the ToE and SEEing methods
Chapter eight - University testing and validation
Chapter nine - Conclusions and contributions
Chapter ten - Appendices and References