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Learning by watching: what we can learn from the Inuit’s design learning

Reitan, Janne Beate
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D r s // c u m u l u s 2013 2nd international conference for design education researchers oslo, 14 – 17 may 2013 copyright © 2013. copyright in each paper on this conference proceedings is the property of the author(s).
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Reitan, J.B. (2013). Learning by watching: what we can learn from the Inuit’s design learning. I: J.B. Reitan, P. Lloyd, E. Bohemia, L.M. Nielsen, I. Digranes & E. Lutnæs (Red) Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference for Design Education Researchers 14-17 May 2013, Oslo, Norway. Oslo: ABM-media AS  
Abstract
In this

paper

, I explore

a

single case of vernacular

clothing

design

—

the

learning and practice

of design

for

contemporary Iñupiaq

-

Inuit clothing

made by

the

women of Kaktovik, North Alaska

—

and I hope to contribute to a

better understanding of design practice and learning in general. Design

research

has

many unexplored areas and one of these

omissions is vernacular

design

—

or ‘folk’ design. In my opinion, professional

and

academic design

may

well have something to learn from vernacular design, although this

research is about vernacular learning

,

didactics about what, why and how to

learn within the ‘making discipline’ of

clothing

design.

The study was based

on observations, interviews with seamstresses and authorial participation in

designing and

sewing in conformity with Iñupiaq tradition, and everything

was recorded on digital video film.

This

investigation of

Inuit

clothing

design

indicates that learning

-

by

-

watching

is

the most common way of learning.

Learning

-

by

-

watching is important within learning

-

by

-

doing.

This concept of

learning

-

by

-

watching can be seen as a development of both Schön and

Wenger’s theories of learning, a concept

that will

probably be of great

importance in further research

on

the learning process of design

,

from

kindergarten

to PhD

.
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