TY - JOUR
T1 - Constructing knowledge for the future
T2 - Exploring alternative modes of inquiry from a philosophical perspective
AU - Hodges, Nancy Nelson
AU - DeLong, Marilyn
AU - Hegland, Jane
AU - Thompson, Mary
AU - Williams, Gloria
PY - 2007/10
Y1 - 2007/10
N2 - Clothing and textiles research is examined within a futuring framework to discuss potential avenues for development of thought within the field. A philosophical perspective linking ontology, epistemology, and methodology is posited as important to exploring assumptions that guide the research process. The material culture studies perspective, the feminist social science perspective, and the critical science perspective are discussed as three potential ways of approaching the subject matter in need of mainstreaming as we look to the future of knowledge production within clothing and textiles. Based on this discussion, ideas and implications for scenario-building in the traditional futures sense are presented.
AB - Clothing and textiles research is examined within a futuring framework to discuss potential avenues for development of thought within the field. A philosophical perspective linking ontology, epistemology, and methodology is posited as important to exploring assumptions that guide the research process. The material culture studies perspective, the feminist social science perspective, and the critical science perspective are discussed as three potential ways of approaching the subject matter in need of mainstreaming as we look to the future of knowledge production within clothing and textiles. Based on this discussion, ideas and implications for scenario-building in the traditional futures sense are presented.
KW - Futuring
KW - Inquiry approaches
KW - Philosophical perspective
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U2 - 10.1177/0887302X07306849
DO - 10.1177/0887302X07306849
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:35348985313
SN - 0887-302X
VL - 25
SP - 323
EP - 348
JO - Clothing and Textiles Research Journal
JF - Clothing and Textiles Research Journal
IS - 4
ER -