Discussions on the PhD in Art and Design with Annotated Bibliography

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10.31182/cubic.2024.7.65

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design phd, art and design research, doctoral education in design, practice-based research, design education

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Motivated by Leonardo Journal (March 2018) call for papers for its PhD in Art and Design three-year symposium, the following discussion and survey of literature were undertaken to explore current international discourse on the PhD in Art and Design (Friedman & Ox, 2017). A discipline that has traditionally been studio-based, design has been experiencing a transformation from a focus on form and aesthetics, often associated with appearance, to solving increasingly complex problems that require multi-disciplinary perspectives and solutions (Davis, 2017). Initial findings show that the debate on what constitutes a Design PhD is in its infancy; there are no set standards among institutions in the US and other countries that award such degrees, creating difficulties in assessment of skills and knowledge (Zeeuw, 2017). Debates on whether students that have traditional art and design degrees are prepared for the demands of a research degree, and questions on whether to offer professional track and academic track advanced degrees, or dissertations that incorporate made artifacts with research and writing are also explored in the literature.

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del Mar Navarro, M. (2024). Discussions on the PhD in Art and Design with Annotated Bibliography. Cubic Journal, 7(7), 14–23. https://doi.org/10.31182/cubic.2024.7.65

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2024-12-31

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No. 7 (2024): PhD Design and the Design PhD — In · Through · About

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Author Biography

Maria del Mar Navarro, University of Arizona

Maria del Mar Navarro is a Associate Professor of Visual Communication Design, at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University, USA, and Ph.D. Fellow at the University of Arizona, USA. Dr. Navarro has taught visual communication design practice, research, and theory in higher education internationally for over a decade. Her research focuses on the historical and contemporary practices of visual communication, specifically in pictographic numeracy, participating in the exploration of the understanding of visual information in different cultural contexts.

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Davis, Meredith "Confronting the Limitations of the MFA as Preparation for PhD Study." Leonardo 53, no. 2 (2020): 206–212. https:// doi.org/10.1162/leon_a_01600.

Frayling, Christopher. 1994. “Research in Art and Design (Royal College of Art Research Papers, Vol 1, No 1, 1993/4).” Royal College of Art Research Papers 1 (1): 9.

Friedman, Ken., and Jack Ox. 2017. “Special Special Section: PhD in Art and Design: Introduction.” Leonardo 50 (5): 515–19. https:// doi.org/10.1162/LEON_e_01472

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Navarro, María del Mar. 2023. “Research for Designers: A Guide to Methods and Practice: 2nd Edition, by Gjoko Muratovski.” Design and Culture 15 (1): 130–33.

Peterson, Matthew 2014. “The Integration of Text and Image, its Cognitive Impacts for Learning with Media, and Science Instruction: A PhD in Design Study.” Connecting Dots: Research, Education + Practice: 124–37.

Zeeuw, Diane. 2017. “Case Study. The Development and Evolution of the Creative Arts Practice-Led PhD at the University of Melbourne, Victorian College of Arts.” Leonardo 50 (5): 526–27.