Rules of Thumb: An Experiment in Contextual Transposition

Damon Taylor; Monika Büscher; Lesley Murray; Chris Speed; Theodore Zamenopoulos

Rules of Thumb: An Experiment in Contextual Transposition

Damon Taylor
, Monika Büscher
, Lesley Murray
, Chris Speed
, Theodore Zamenopoulos

University of Brighton

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This paper describes an experiment in ‘contextual transposition’, a mobile, inventive method developed from conversations between the authors during an interdisciplinary research ‘sprint’, where our interests in alternative mobilities and ‘designing’ socially just futures generated productive creative friction. The idea of ‘hitching a ride’ in automobility systems was mobilised and we embarked on a journey of ‘contextual transposition’. Could one hitchhike in other contexts? To explore this question, we designed an experiment. In this paper we describe it and discuss how we have used contextual transposition as a method for design research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Design Research Society 2016 50th Anniversary Conference
Place of Publication	Loughborough University, London
Publisher	Design Research Society
Pages	0-0
Number of pages	1
Publication status	Published - 27 Jun 2016
Event	Proceedings of the Design Research Society 2016 50th Anniversary Conference - University of Brighton, Brighton, UK, 27–30 June 2016 Duration: 27 Jun 2016 → …

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social futures
design
contextual transposition

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- L.Murraybrighton.acuk
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Damon Taylor
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- School of Arch, Tech and Eng - Principal Lecturer
- Centre for Arts and Wellbeing
- Radical Methodologies (RaM) Research Excellence Group
- Centre for Design History
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