Ambiguity at play: Open-ended making used in mixed material-participatory research practice
Hélène Day Fraser · Cogent Arts and Humanities · 2017
Design research is distinct from many other creative research practices in its capacity to not only help to identify/express deeper understandings of what is but also to provoke and provide meaningful alternatives/suggestions of what might be. This paper contextualizes design research methods pertinent to health concerns. A set of introductory exercises aimed at facilitating discussion and hands on experience with open-ended making tactics, which provide dialogic insight and inspiration, useful to researchers working in health-related spaces is detailed.