Christopher Frayling
What sort of research is he conducting?
FRAYLING underplays and to some extent misrepresents "action research"- the type of research that sits most readily with the artwork that speaks for itself.
Makes use of mainly stereotypes and fictional accounts to structure argument (how about staging the argument using actual examples of research projects from a variety of disciplines)
His academic research lies in film studies does his use of stereotypes make his own work fictional intervention that structures the debate and thus a form of action research.
FRAYLING actively constructs the debate- sets down the terms and performs it into existence
"The Rhetoric of research" (BIGGS, 2002)
It is work arising from graylings category of research for and design that has come in for so much criticism (Largely by the design community) > work that speaks for itself is criticised > Research and methods typically more prominent in design > audiencing, sampling semiotics, experimentation.
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