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Learning by watching Vernacular Iñupiaq-Inuit design learning as inspiration for design education

Reitan, Janne Beate
Journal article, Peer reviewed
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Date
2014
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Reitan, J.B. (2014). Learning by watching Vernacular Iñupiaq-Inuit design learning as inspiration for design education. Techne series : Research in sloyd education and crafts science. A, 21(2), 1-20   https://journals.oslomet.no/index.php/techneA/article/view/1263/
Abstract
In this

article

, I explore a single case of vernacular clothing design

—

the practice

and learning

of

design for contemporary Iñupiaq

-

Inuit clothing made by women

from

Kaktovik

in

N

orth

ern

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

and

about what, why and how the

‘making

’

discipline of clothing design

is learned

. Th

i

s

study was based on observations

of and

interviews with seamstresses and

research

-

by

-

design

, which includes

authorial participation in

designing and sewing in

adherence to

Iñupiaq tradition

.

A

ll

of

this

was recorded on digital video film.

Th

e

investigatio

n of

Iñupiaq

-

Inuit

clothing design indicates that watching

wa

s the most common way

of learning

, a

phenomenon

I have chosen to call

learning

-

by

-

watching

,

a

concept

that

can be seen as a

development of both Schön and Wenger’s theories of learning

,

as influen

ced by

John

Dewey’s

theory

of

learning

-

by

-

doing

. This study will be discussed

in connection with

design education

,

from

kindergarten to professional studies in higher education

,

in the

forth

coming research project

,

Design

Literacy

, t

he purpose

of which is

to develop theory

to

improve design education in both compulsory

and academic design education. Consequently, to improve design education

in general

,

a

th

o

rough

focus on learning

-

by

-

watching in communities of practice would make

for

more

reflective

practit

ioners and

more

sustainable

design

practices

in the long run.
Publisher
Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus
Series
Techne series : Research in sloyd education and crafts science. A;21(2)

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