This is an exercise for the students of Urbanism of the TU Delft, where they have to describe where they situate themselves in the triangle representing the different logics of enquiry in Urbanism.
This PowerPoint helps students to consider the concept of infinity.
Logics of enquiry exercise (directed to TU Delft Urbanism Master track)
1. Prepared by Roberto Rocco
Chair Spatial Planning and Strategy,TU Delft
Photo: ChernobylBob at Flickr
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Logics of enquiry in
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3. To understand our position on
different logics of enquiry in
Urbanism, visit our BLOG
entry
HERE
4. URBANISM @ TU DELFT
OTB
Chair:
Urban an Regional
Development
Prof.Wil Zonneveld
OTB
Chair:
Neighbourhood Change
and Housing
Prof.Maarten van Ham
Chair:
Environmental Technology
Prof.Arjan van Timmeren
Chair:
Cultural History & Design
Prof.Eric Luiten
Chair:
Landscape Architecture
Prof.Dirk Sijmons
Chair:
Urban Design
Prof.Henco Bekkering
Chair:
Theory & Methods
Prof.Han Meyer
Chair:
The Why Factory
Prof.Winy Maas
Chair:
Spatial Planning & Strategy
Prof.Vincent Nadin
Chair:
Design & Politics
Prof.Wouter Vanstiphout
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5. David Goldblatt, "Saturday Morning at the Hypermarket: Semi-final of the Miss Lovely Legs Competition, Boksburg, Transvaal, 28 June 1980"
Exercise from STAINTON-ROGERS,W. (2006), Logics of Enquiry, in Doing
Postgraduate Research , Ed. Stephen Potter, London: Sage.
7. ... also stem
from different
world views and
communities of
practice
Different
logics of
enquiry
journalist feminist art critic
8. Audience (steers the logic of enquiry)
Because each research paradigm implies different
questions being asked, different methods to answer
them and different kinds of answers.
questions answers
methods
12. Design
Human
Sciences
Physical
Sciences
AR2U090 Methodology for Urbanism
*Logics of Enquiry
In this exercise, you will need to‘locate’yourself inthe hypothetical triangle that composes URBANISM
at TU Delft. According to your previous education and aspirations for the future, where would you be?
Mark a cross inside the triangle and write your name and country of origin near that cross. Would you
add another element to this geometrical form? Is it a polygon? A square? What other categories would
you add, if any?
13. Design
Human
Sciences
Physical
Sciences
Methods in Urbanism: The course“methodology for urbanism”does not teach you any‘meth-
ods’. It is a course about ’methodology’, which is the study of methods and philosophy of science
(philosophy of science is about what knowledge is and how to get to it in a valid way). However,
we discuss methods all the time! Let’s start by making a list of methods we know already, con-
nected to the triangle we saw on the previous page. In the triangle below, write down examples
of research methods connected to design, the human sciences and the physical sciences (or
exact sciences).
14. What is the main research question for Q1?
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What is the main practical (design oriented)
question?
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What are possible academic (theoretical)
questions?
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15. What are methods to answer:
1. The practical question?
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2. The theoretical questions?
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16. Thanks for listening!
Questions?
With special thanks to Matt Smith
(ChernobylBob) of Gloucester, UK, whose
photos adorn these pages.
Matt’s photographs are available at:
www.flickr.com/photos/chernobylbob/
Prepared by Roberto Rocco,TU Delft
r.c.rocco@tudelft.nl SpatialPlanning
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