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Thought out of Bounds

Theory and Practice in Architecture Doctorates

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Of Other Thoughts: Non-Traditional Ways to the Doctorate
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Two different, but not unrelated, sets of issues are worthy of question in architecture supervision today. Firstly, non-traditional research, particularly creative practice- or project-led PhDs, which flush out the question of the very core of the discipline: acts of design and making.

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Jenner, R. (2013). Thought out of Bounds. In: Engels-Schwarzpaul, A.C., Peters, M.A. (eds) Of Other Thoughts: Non-Traditional Ways to the Doctorate. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-317-1_19

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