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Pontis, Sheila
Chíncaro Donayre, Angélica Graciela
System Design and Management Program.
2022-08-29T16:26:52Z
2022-08-29T16:26:52Z
2022-05
2022-06-28T20:30:13.037Z
https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/145008
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0440-7209
Transparency is an integral element in achieving trustworthiness in qualitative research. Current transparency standards are generally built for academic contexts. They often require a substantial investment of time in explaining the rationale behind every step of the research process, synthesis being recognized as the most complex stage to follow, document, and communicate.
Design consultancies deal with different constraints from those faced by academic researchers, including tight deadlines, and clients’ participation, creating potential barriers to adopting the same kind of transparency strategies in the consultancy context. With this in mind, the exploration began by questioning: are transparency strategies currently being applied in the design consultancy world? If so, how? If not, why not? and how could design researchers be helped to do so?
The thesis used semi-structured online interviews with design research professionals to determine a broad set of themes relevant to the research questions. The subsequent identification of challenges and opportunities to apply transparency in online research led to (1) a new definition of transparency adapted to the design consultancy context, (2) a set of motivations to be intentionally transparent, and (3) a toolbox with strategies to integrate and improve transparency in different remote project situations a design researcher may face. This toolbox is meant to be collaborative, flexible, and fun while providing a stepping stone to purposefully start, encourage, and continue the transparency conversation.
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The story behind the output: Enhancing transparency in design research through flexible and adapted strategies
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Design consultancies deal with different constraints from those faced by academic researchers, including tight deadlines, and clients’ participation, creating potential barriers to adopting the same kind of transparency strategies in the consultancy context. With this in mind, the exploration began by questioning: are transparency strategies currently being applied in the design consultancy world? If so, how? If not, why not? and how could design researchers be helped to do so?
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