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digital voice recorder. Each partner interviewed was aware their voice would be
recorded. A copy of the questions was given to each practitioner before the
interview and they had the opportunity to review them and ask any questions.
The interviews were conducted in casual settings and the practitioners were
encouraged to go off-topic if something occurred to them. However, both
partners were asked the same questions by the researcher in a standardised
order. The interviewer explained aspects of the questions the interviewee did
not understand or found confusing but whenever issues of terminology arose
the interviewee was asked to respond from their own understanding of the term.
Each interview was transcribed by a third-party transcription service, proofed
by the researcher and approved by the partners. The results of these interviews
are presented in section 4.5.6.
3.6 Development of analytical models
This research seeks to critically map how the use of computer-based tools
impact on current disciplinary boundaries. The researcher is actively trying to
develop critical language by which to better compare diverse objects across
disciplines. To draw distinctions between projects across disciplinary
boundaries the researcher has been working on proposed models of the
relationships between:
• the integration of computer-based technologies and the objects produced
by practitioners using them
• various types of cross-disciplinary or hybrid art and design practice
It was intended these would allow the researcher to present the findings of the
study and develop the critical language, criteria and framework of analysis to a
wider context.
3.6.1 Technology adoption models
As previously stated by Harrod (2002) and Lynn (Lynn and Rashid, 2003) the
introduction of new technologies can disrupt and therefore change the way
practitioners perform tasks. Since this research is concerned with use of
computer-based design and fabrication tools it is important to consider a
general theoretical understanding of the adoption of these technologies.
Björnsson, Shariq & Taylor (2003) have conducted research at Stanford
University into the adoption of new technologies in the architecture,
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