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1、2715单词，1.4万英文字符，4100汉字KnowledgeandresearchinartanddesignBirminghamInstituteofArt&Design,UniversityofCentralEngland,MargaretStreet,BirminghamB33BX,UKTheideaofresearchhastendedtoelicittwosortsofresponsefromartistsanddesigners.Ontheonehand,itisperceivedastheantithesisofartanddesign
2、activity,somethingtodowithquestionnairesandstatistics,test-tubesandlaboratories,atoneremovefromtherealworldwithwhichartistsanddesignersseektoengage.Ontheotherhand,itisargued,artistsanddesignershavebeendoingresearchallalong,dealingwithissuesoftechnology,materials,meaningandcommun
3、ication,atasophisticatedlevel.Researchissimplyanintegralpartofallartanddesignactivity.Althoughthelatterhasmuchtorecommenditself,andIwouldargueconstitutesadistinctivetraditionofpracticalresearch,neitheroftheseresponsesisentirelysatisfactory.Indeed,itcouldbesuggestedthattheswitchf
4、romtheformertothelatterissimplyapragmaticresponsetochangesinthefundingofhighereducation1,anattempttoseekcreditforexistingpractice,withoutwishingtochangethatpracticeinanyway.Recenttrendsinhighereducationinartanddesignhavecombinedtomakethequestionofresearchincreasinglyimportant.Th
5、ereisagrowingrecognitioninartanddesignthatinordertoachieveparityofstatuswiththemoretraditionalacademicdisciplines,and,importantly,toattractsufficientfundingtodevelopitspotential,therewillneedtobeagreaterattentivenesstotheneedsofresearch.AsAllisonpointsout,therewillbeimportantfin
6、ancialandstatusimplicationsforhighereducationinstitutions.Researchactivity,intermsofvolume,qualityanddirection,willbeamajorissueinthefundingofinstitutions,coursesandprogrammeareas.Itwouldbeareasonableguessthatquality'leaguetables'ofinstitutionswillbedevisedandthatboththeallocati
7、onto'leagues'andplacesinthe'leagues'willberelatedtoinstitutionalresearchprofiles2.However,asAllisonalsopointsout,theissueoffundingfollowsfromtheabilityofpractitionersandacademicswithinthefieldofartanddesigntocreateanenvironmentappropriatetothedevelopmentofresearch,andnottheother
8、wayaround.And,ofcourse,itismorethansimplyaquest
