Research Through Co-design

The Research Through Co-design (RTC) (Busciantella-Ricci & Scataglini, 2024) is a theoretical perspective that matches the Research Through Design (Glanville, 2005; Findeli et al., 2008; Jonas, 2015) with the Control System Theory (Levine, 1996; Iglesias & Ingalls, 2010; King, 2021) by leveraging co-design as the main mean of the research process. The RTC describes a mechanism of co-creation of knowledge through a co-design process in a wider research process, and thus by taking advantage of processes based on collective intelligence and creativity (Busciantella Ricci & Scataglini, 2020a; 2020b; 2024).

 

 

 

References

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Busciantella Ricci, D., Scataglini, S. (2020b). Making design knowledge democracy happen. Disegno Industriale – Industrial Design (DIID), 71, 90-97. ISSN:1594-8528.

Busciantella-Ricci, D. & Scataglini, S. (2024). Research Through Co-Design. Design Science. 10, e3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/dsj.2023.35

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Iglesias, P. A. & Ingalls, B. P. (eds.) (2009). Control Theory and Systems Biology. MIT Press.

Jonas, W. (2015). Research through design is more than just a new form of disseminating design outcomes. Constructivist Foundations, 11(1), 32–36.

King, P.H., (2021). Control Theory in Biomedical Engineering: Applications in Physiology and Medical Robotics. IEEE Pulse, 12(1), pp.37–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mpuls.2021.3052597

Levine, W. S., (Ed.) (1996), ‘The Control Handbook’, New York: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-8570-4