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The Radical Methodologies (RaM) Research and Enterprise Group explores counter-conventional approaches to research and practice across varied contexts and disciplines. The group’s activities support the development of epistemologically sensitive approaches to situations characterised by complexity, conflicting values, and uncertain boundaries.
Given the systemic complexity of contemporary challenges, questions of methodology are increasingly important. Yet, there remains a tendency to reduce methodological considerations to processes of selection between known methods and techniques. The work of RaM looks to question the roots of methodological assumptions (hence radical – from the Latin radix, or root) and to promote exchange between discourses that tend to get separated out by institutional, disciplinary and departmental structures.
RaM hosts regular events, facilitating the exchange of methodological insight amongst researchers and practitioners and maintaining a strong and active connection to the university’s doctoral postgraduate taught community. Members of the group sustain and develop collaborative partnerships with individuals and organisations externally. Current focuses include feminisms, radical pedagogies, cybernetics, radical constructivism, design activism, meta-design, radical positions in ethics, design research and the philosophy of science, and trans- and post-disciplinary perspectives.
Image credit: Sally Sutherland 2020
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Tom Ainsworth
- School of Arch, Tech and Eng - Subject Lead Architecture and Design, Principal Lecturer
- Centre for Arts and Wellbeing
- Experimental Design Practices Research and Enterprise Group
- Radical Methodologies (RaM) Research and Enterprise Group
- Centre for Design History
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EEA: Enacting Gregory Bateson’s Ecological Aesthetics in Architecture and Design
Sweeting, B., Perera, D., Boehnert, J. J., Davidova, M. & Goodbun, J.
1/02/23 → 31/01/25
Project: Research Councils / Government Depts.
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Starting from values: Evaluating intangible legacies
Harder, M., Brigstocke, J., Zamenopoulos, T., Alexiou, K., de Sousa, S., Graham, P., Gaubert, J., Hoover, E. & Burford, G.
Project: Research Councils / Government Depts.
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Art and Design Manifesto for Making and Feeding Futures: at Hastings Contemporary
Sutherland, S., 11 Mar 2023Research output: Non-textual output › Artefact
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Art and Design School Manifesto for Making and Feeding Futures
Sutherland, S., 2023Research output: Non-textual output › Artefact
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Cybernetic lenses for designing and living in a complex world
Andres, J., Zafiroglu, A., Daniell, K., Wong, P., Henein, M., Zhu, X., Sweeting, B., Arnold, M., MacNamara, D. P. & Helfgott, A., 6 Apr 2023, Proceedings of the 34th Australian Computer-Human Interaction Conference: Connected Creativity, OzCHI 2022. Martin, C., Mckay, D., Rogerson, M., Cumbo, B., Wadley, G., Sweetser, P., Taylor, J. L., Hespanhol, L., Tsimeris, J., Xi, M., Turner, J., Yoo, S., Cooper, N., Rahman, J., Andres, J., Pillai, A. G. & Kutay, C. (eds.). Association for Computing Machinery, p. 348-351 4 p. (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding with ISSN or ISBN › Conference contribution with ISSN or ISBN › peer-review
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Relating Systems Thinking and Design 12
Ben Sweeting (Member of programme committee)
6 Oct 2023Activity: Events › Conference
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Sexual Harassment: Breastfeeding, Design and the City presentation
Sally Sutherland (Presenter)
1 Sept 2023Activity: External talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Oslo Metropolitan University
Ben Sweeting (Visiting lecturer)
29 Aug 2023 → 30 Aug 2023Activity: Visiting position › Visiting an external academic institution