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DR NICOLA WOOD

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I try to make as much of my research as accessible as possible and in that way help the research community to grow. This is a complete list of my publications with links to full documents as PDFs:

Wood N (2010). A good record? The use of video in practice-led design research. Reflections 13 (Research Training Sessions 2009) pp114-125. Brussels: Sint Lucas School of Architecture. PDF forthcoming.

Wood N, Rust C & Horne G (2009). A tacit understanding: The designer's role in capturing and passing on the skilled knowledge of master craftsmen. International Journal of Design, 3(3) pp65-78. <abstract and PDF here>

Wood N & Horne G (2008). The new journeyman; the role of an expert learner in eliciting and transmitting skilled knowledge. Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference, Sheffield, July 2008. PDF

Fisher T, Wood N & Keyte J (2008). Hands on - hands off; on hitting your thumb with a virtual hammer. Proceedings of Design Research Society conference, Sheffield, July 2008. PDF

Wood N (2007). Unlocking the knowledge of others: knowledge elicitation in practice-led design research. Position paper for Sint-Lucas Research Training Sessions 2007. Brussels: Hogeschool voor Wetenschap & Kunst Sint-Lucas, June 2007. PDF

Wood N (2007). Discourse through making: eliciting knowledge to support craft skills learning. Proceedings of European Acadamy of Design Conference, Izmir, Turkey, April 2007. PDF

Wood N (2006). Transmitting craft knowledge: designing interactive media to support tacit skills learning. PhD thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, November 2006. <downloadable from here>

Wood N (2005). Uncovering tacit knowledge for the design of interactive media. Proceedings of Cumulus Spring Conference, IADE, Lisbon, May 2005. PDF

Wood N (2004). Unknown knowns; knowledge elicitation for multimedia in craft learning. Proceedings of Challenging Craft Conference, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, September 2004. PDF

Wood N (2003). Design for tacit learning. MA thesis, Sheffield Hallam University, August 2003. PDF

Wood N & Rust C (2003). Designing for tacit learning: an investigation of design strategies for multimedia supported learning in the crafts. Proceedings of European Academy of Design conference, Barcelona, April 2003. PDF