Copyright (c) 2009 Sheffield Hallam University All rights reserved. http://digitalcommons.shu.ac.uk/drs2008/session4/track_b Recent Events in Disciplines and Disciplinarity en-us Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:28:02 PDT 3600 http://digitalcommons.shu.ac.uk/drs2008/session4/track_b/3 http://digitalcommons.shu.ac.uk/drs2008/session4/track_b/3 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:30:00 PDT In this speculative paper, I will argue that the design community should attempt to develop a "dictionary" of the language of design, along the same lines as the Oxford English Dictionary was and is developed: as a catalogue of the living use of terms. I will sketch an outline of how such a project could be started quite easily with modern technologies. I will then consider one word in particular - "discipline" - as an example of the need for such a dictionary, by examining the various senses of the word and how even just reflecting on that can illuminate issues of clear communications. Keywords: Terminology; Lexicography; Semantics; Dictionary; Communication; Language. Filippo A. Salustri http://digitalcommons.shu.ac.uk/drs2008/session4/track_b/2 http://digitalcommons.shu.ac.uk/drs2008/session4/track_b/2 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:00:00 PDT In keeping with the conference theme of rigour and the authors' interest in sustainability and interaction design, we describe the confluence of design-oriented notions of interaction design and HCI-oriented notions of interaction design in terms of understanding the present and making choices about possible futures. We comment on the variety of research modes in this confluence and then take up the issue of how disciplinarity, multidisciplinarity, and interdisciplinarity operate and fail to operate as boundary crossing mechanisms for these research modes. As a complement and extension to disciplinary, multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary practices, we take up the notion of transdisciplinarity and describe how it informs the possibility of values-rich free boundary crossing between research modes in the service of real world issues, while still preserving rigour. Keywords: Transdisciplinarity; Interaction Design; Design Research; Sustainability; Disciplinarity; Multidisciplinarity; Interdisciplinarity. Eli Blevis http://digitalcommons.shu.ac.uk/drs2008/session4/track_b/1 http://digitalcommons.shu.ac.uk/drs2008/session4/track_b/1 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:30:00 PDT The practice of product sound design is relatively new within the field of product development. Consequently, the responsibilities and the role of a (sound) designer are not very clear. However, practice shows that various disciplines such as design engineering, acoustics, psychoacoustics, psychology, and musicology contribute to the improvement of product sounds. We propose that sound design should be conducted by experts who have knowledge in the afore-mentioned fields. In other words, we suggest that product sound design should be an independent field that encompasses an inter-disciplinary approach. Keywords: sound design; sound designer; product sounds; design processes; multi-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary Elif Özcan