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Prepared by Roberto Rocco
Chair Spatial Planning and Strategy, TU Delft
Photo: ChernobylBob at Flickr
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Logics of enquiry in Urbanism
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URBANISM @ TU DELFT
OTBChair:Urban an Regional Development
Prof. Wil Zonneveld
OTBChair:Neighbourhood Change and Housing
Prof. Maarten van Ham
Chair:Environmental Technology
Prof. Arjan van Timmeren
Chair:Cultural History & Design
Prof. Eric Luiten
Chair:Landscape Architecture
Prof. Dirk Sijmons
Chair:Urban Design
Prof. Henco Bekkering
Chair:Theory & Methods
Prof. Han Meyer
Chair:The Why Factory
Prof. Winy Maas
Chair:Spatial Planning & Strategy
Prof. Vincent Nadin
Chair:Design & PoliticsProf. Wouter Vanstiphout
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David Goldblatt, "Saturday Morning at the Hypermarket: Semi-final of the Miss Lovely Legs Competition, Boksburg, Transvaal, 28 June 1980"
Exercise from STAINTON-ROGERS, W. (2006), Logics of Enquiry, in Doing Postgraduate Research , Ed. Stephen Potter, London: Sage.
Different logics of enquiry
do not stem only from
different objects of enquiry
... also stem from different
world views and communities of
practiceDifferent logics of enquiry
journalist feminist art critic
Audience (steers the logic of enquiry)
Because each research paradigm implies different questions being asked, different methods to answer them and different kinds of answers.
questions answers
methods
The Practical Question
The Theoretical Question
design oriented
theory oriented
HOW TO? WHAT IS?
How to design a child-friendly city?
What is a child-friendly city?
UrbanismUrbanism at TU Delft
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Wu Xiaxia , 8765431Adrián García , 567890
The Practical Question
The Theoretical Question
design oriented
theory oriented
HOW TO? WHAT IS?
How to design a child-friendly city?
What is a child-friendly city?
Design
HumanSciences
PhysicalSciences
AR2U090 Methodology for Urbanism*Logics of EnquiryIn this exercise, you will need to ‘locate’ yourself inthe hypothetical triangle that composes URBANISM at TU Delft. According to your previous education and aspirations for the future, where would you be? Mark a cross inside the triangle and write your name and country of origin near that cross. Would you add another element to this geometrical form? Is it a polygon? A square? What other categories would you add, if any?
Design
HumanSciences
PhysicalSciences
Methods in Urbanism: The course “methodology for urbanism” does not teach you any ‘meth-ods’. It is a course about ’methodology’, which is the study of methods and philosophy of science (philosophy of science is about what knowledge is and how to get to it in a valid way). However, we discuss methods all the time! Let’s start by making a list of methods we know already, con-nected to the triangle we saw on the previous page. In the triangle below, write down examples of research methods connected to design, the human sciences and the physical sciences (or exact sciences).
What is the main research question for Q1? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What is the main practical (design oriented)
question? ____________________________________________________________
What are possible academic (theoretical)
questions? ____________________________________________________________
What are methods to answer: 1. The practical question?
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. The theoretical questions? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Thanks for listening! Questions?With special thanks to Matt Smith (ChernobylBob) of Gloucester, UK, whose photos adorn these pages.
Matt’s photographs are available at: www.flickr.com/photos/chernobylbob/
Prepared by Roberto Rocco, TU Delft
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