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act as a reflexive space to understand, critique and change the dominant
discourses and nature of practice for the conventional disciplines (see section
2.9.7). Collectively, these might represent an expanded cultural field beyond
each of the traditional disciplines.
Figure 75: Traditional art and design disciplines provide the background to a new
hybrid model of practice
The diagram above (Figure 75) is called the ‘Kanizsa Square’. One way of
interpreting this optical illusion is that it is four black circles each with a quarter
removed. Another is of a white square in front of four black circles. This shows
how the researcher makes sense of this field of enquiry based on the insights
gained from this study. The traditional art and design disciplines provide the
background to this perceived field (a new hybrid model represented by the
imposed white square) of the current area of enquiry. However, this new model
of practice is dependent on the conception of these traditional disciplines (it
supplements but doesn't supersede them). If you were to remove one you would
no longer be able to locate (critically or culturally) the hybrid model of practice.
The new models of practice proposed in this study represent the clustering of a
multitude of practices now emerging. There is significant evidence of an
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