The individual vs. the group? Individualization and collectivity among students in collaborative design |
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Authors: | Tomas Hellström |
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Institution: | (1) Mathematical Natural Science Faculty, Center for Entrepreneurship, Postbox 1169, Blindern, Oslo, 0318, Norway |
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Abstract: | The various modes in which individuals relate to the collectivity of a group have been fruitfully explored in research on
group dynamics. The present paper applies a phenomenological interview approach to understand how this dynamic relationship
plays out among design students in a collaborative design situation. Through deep-interviews with the members of a temporary
design group, a number of dimensions for this relationship were uncovered. These individual-group characteristics related
to instrumentality of engagement, experience of ambivalence and threat and finally to the process of individualization in which the group enabled an individual “design self”. After having presented the theoretical underpinnings and the empirical
results of this study, the paper ends with suggesting a synthesis perspective of the individual-group relation in collaborative
design. |
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Keywords: | Collaborative design Design students Collectivity Individualization Sociology of design Group dynamics |
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