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Reference list to EMPIRICA’s presentation at KuvA Research Days 2023 “Making things that change”

Reference list
  • Biggs, M. (2002). The role of the artefact in art and design research. International journal of design sciences and technology, 10(2), 19–24.
  • Dunne, A. (1999). Hertzian tales: electronic products, aesthetic experience and critical design. RCA CRD Research Publications.
  • Groth, C. (2015). Emotions in risk-assessment and decision-making processes during craft practice. Journal of Research Practice, 11(2), article M5.
  • Ingold, T. (2013). Making: Anthropology, archaeology, art and architecture. Routledge.
  • Mackey, A., Wakkary, R., Wensveen, S., Tomico, O., & Hengeveld, B. (2017). Day-to-day speculation: Designing and wearing dynamic fabric. In Proceedings of the 3rd Biennial Research Through Design Conference, 439–54.
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  • Mäkelä, M., & Nimkulrat, N. (2018). Documentation as practice-led research tool for reflection on experiential knowledge. FormAkademisk: Research journal of design and design education, 11(1), article 5, 1–16.
  • Marqués Ibáñez, A. (2017). An intersection between the fields of education and art: A reflection on the situation of refugees. Research in Arts and Education, 2017(1), 36–49.
  • Mattelmäki, T. (2006). Design probes. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Art and Design Helsinki.
  • Nimkulrat, N. (2009). Paperness: Expressive material in textile art from an artist’s viewpoint. Doctoral Dissertation, University of Art and Design Helsinki.
  • Redström, J., & Wiltse, H. (2018). Changing things: The future of objects in a digital world. Bloomsbury.
  • Schmid, H. (2017). Uchronia: time at the intersection of design, chronosociology and chronobiology. PhD thesis, Royal College of Art.
  • Seago, A., & Dunne, A. (1999). New methodologies in art and design research: The object as discourse. Design Issues, 15(2), 11–7.
  • von Busch, O., and Palmås, K. (2023) The corruption of co-design. Political and social conflicts in participatory design thinking. Taylor & Francis.
  • Wensveen, S. (2005). A tangibility approach to affective interaction. Doctoral Dissertation. Delft University of Technology.
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Work presented

  • Falin, P. (2022). . Aalto University Publication Series, Doctoral Dissertations.
  • Hulkkonen, S., Lötjönen, M., & Mäkelä, M. (2023). . FormAkademisk: Research journal of design and design education, 16(4).
  • Latva-Somppi, R. (2022). . In: Fredriksen, B.C., & Groth, C. (Eds.), Expanding environmental awareness in education through the arts. Landscapes: the arts, aesthetics, and education (Vol. 33, pp. 213–29). Springer Nature.
  • Suomi, M. & Mäkelä, M. (2023 forthcoming). Architectural practice as a vehicle for exploring relationality in the more than human world [Paper presentation]. VIII Art of Research Conference. Espoo, Finland.
  • Vega, L., Mäkelä, M., & Seitamaa-Hakkarainen, P. (2023). . Design Studies, 88, 101203.

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