praxis several quotes of ‘theory without practise is X and practise without theory is X’ fundamentally, for the most benefit we need both to make change practise based research - learning by doing the thing - but with research rigor creative exploration through practise — practise without the academic rigor practise can inform research through prototyping revealing issues or new sub-questions use practise to test, challenge and extend theory as well as strengthen research argument not separate methods, dynamic interplay and your own combination theory stops at critique and practise stops at functionality. in the gap between we keep moving iteratively abstract theory as inherently non-relational when we are learning to be relational as care can develop design principles from theory work and/or data can take not a tech-centred approach, a methods-centred and inequality-centred approach Mentions “Like all research done in a university, practice-based research needs to ultimately be of value for some people or communities beyond just the person doing the research” - David Gauntlett Resources David Gauntlett on practise-based research ...