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Art Thinking en la educación superior en diseño

El objeto anacrónico como instrumento para comprender y visualizar la actualidad socio-cultural

Name
Gastón Zabotinsky
Year
2024
Institution
Lisbon School of Architecture Universidade de Lisboa
Supervisors
Rita Almendra, Rafael Pozo-Puértolas
Discipline
Design
Scope
Design Education
Taxonomy
Epistemology
Type
Theoretical
Language
Spanish
Wordcount / Pagecount
116,033 / 351
Joint supervision
No

Art Thinking as pedagogical tool to develop critical thinking in higher education design education

Research Process (15 methods)

  • 1. Literature review N = unspecified
    Exploratory Qualitative

    x

  • 2. Artefact analysis N = 8
    Exploratory Qualitative Participatory

    teachers, professionals, students, and alumni conducting field visits to antique markets

  • 3. Artefact analysis N = 1
    Exploratory Qualitative Participatory

    Anachronistic objects found in markets

  • 4. Observation N = 100
    Exploratory Qualitative

    Professionals from the worlds of art, design, and education

  • 5. Experiment N = 49
    Generative Qualitative

    Experiments involving exhibitions and performances that combine classical sculpture with plastic. It included a Tripetto online questionnaire for visitors

  • 6. Workshop N = 20
    Generative/Evaluative Qualitative

    artists, musicians, designers, philosophers, and actors

  • 7. Experiment N = 166
    Generative/Evaluative Qualitative Participatory

    Design students exploration of objects

  • 8. Experiment N = 3
    Generative/Evaluative Qualitative

    A collective exhibition in a non-formal artistic space with professional artists

  • 9. Residency N = unspecified
    Generative/Evaluative Qualitative Participatory

    Artistic residencies involving community workshops and waste transformation with neighbors, artivists, and students from a neighboring higher education school

  • 10. Exhibition N = unspecified
    Generative/Evaluative Qualitative Participatory

    Exhibition of the Clones and Totems of Today series Seriality in objects and photometry-based digital appropriation of museum artifacts

  • 11. Exhibition N = unspecified
    Generative/Evaluative Qualitative Participatory

    A curated group exhibition analyzing the union of disparate objects with porcelain dogs combined with Roombas and the value of absence

  • 12. Exhibition N = unspecified
    Generative/Evaluative Qualitative Participatory

    An intergenerational "post-mortem" dialogue exhibition Researcher and the legacy of artist Josep Guinovart

  • 13. Comparative analysis N = unspecified
    Evaluative Qualitative Participatory

    8 experiments and 20 iterations conducted during the 4-year research period

  • 14. Tool development N = 1
    Evaluative Qualitative Participatory

    The formulation of a pedagogical method based on the research findings

  • 15. Survey N = 45
    Evaluative Qualitative

    Former students from the ELISAVA case and participants from other generative experiments

Knowledge Transfer & Exchange

Knowledge Exchange (PhD Process) Exchange with Academia

IK&T Academia Design Practice Society
Context No No No
Vision Yes No No
Means Yes No No

Recommendations (5)

R817 Process & Organization Dissemination & Knowledge Mobilization Priority: High

Integrate the IORBCA method into new educational spaces, including non-formal learning environments, institutions, museums, galleries, and final-degree-project research contexts within the university.

Scope
Macro
Time Horizon
Medium → Long
Evidence Strength
Indicative
Feasibility
High
R818 Artifact, System & Service Design Dissemination & Knowledge Mobilization Priority: High

Publish an accessible book on the IORBCA method and on the transformation of the anachronic object so that the methodology becomes available beyond the thesis context.

Scope
Macro
Time Horizon
Medium
Evidence Strength
Indicative
Feasibility
Medium
R819 Process & Organization Participation, Equity & Ethics Priority: High

Develop IOMA (Institute of Mundane Archaeology) as a collaborative space for designers, artists, and researchers interested in everyday objects and their potential social, visual, and environmental impact.

Scope
Macro
Time Horizon
Long
Evidence Strength
Exploratory
Feasibility
Medium
R820 Process & Organization Resourcing & Sustainability Priority: Medium-High

Build collaborations with institutions, foundations, organizations, and even brands that can support IOMA economically, symbolically, technically, or technologically, especially in digitalization and photogrammetry processes.

Scope
Macro
Time Horizon
Long
Evidence Strength
Indicative
Feasibility
Medium
R821 Artifact, System & Service Design Methodological Priority: High

Produce an accessible pedagogical manual that explains the IORBCA method as a set of practical teaching tools that other professionals can incorporate into their daily pedagogical practices.

Scope
Macro
Time Horizon
Medium
Evidence Strength
Indicative
Feasibility
High