Experiments and Non Traditional Research Outputs (NTRO)
Making evident the contribution, efficacy and impact of non-traditional research outputs is a challenge for a practice-based design community. The experimentation process gives a format to document, synthesise and report on work-in-progress research findings.
In turn the process builds a practice of ‘writing-up’ engagement activities and capturing insights that may illuminate how to measure impact once the NTRO is out in the world. This documentation of the experiments, outcomes and insights becomes a useful database on which research labs can reference for annual reporting on Engagement & Impact as they capture a wider base of outcomes than traditional Project Reports.
Not only does this method serve to create documentation for reporting and publishing, it also serves as a boundary artefact to engage other faculty, departments, and external practitioners, partners, and potential funders in the important research going on in the Research Labs.
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