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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2477-9199</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Índex, revista de arte contemporáneo]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Índex]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2477-9199</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2477-91992025000200004</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26807/cav.v10i20.678</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Debates contemporáneos sobre la investigación en diseño]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Contemporary Debates on Design Research]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Del Giorgio Solfa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Federico]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de La Plata  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Argentina</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>05</month>
<year>2025</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>20</numero>
<fpage>47</fpage>
<lpage>59</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2477-91992025000200004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2477-91992025000200004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.senescyt.gob.ec/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2477-91992025000200004&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen En este trabajo analizamos la investigación en el campo del diseño desde una perspectiva metodológica y crítica. Entendemos la práctica investigativa no sólo como un conjunto de acciones orientadas a la producción de conocimiento, sino como un entramado complejo atravesado por condicionantes sociales, históricos, culturales, políticos, institucionales y epistemológicos. Desde esta mirada, problematizamos los modos de validación y legitimación del conocimiento proyectual, atendiendo a las tensiones entre los marcos de la ciencia moderna y las especificidades del hacer proyectual. No buscamos establecer prescripciones normativas sobre cómo debe investigarse, sino abrir un espacio de reflexión que contextualice el debate histórica, institucional y socialmente, y examine sus dimensiones ontológica, epistemológica y metodológica. Finalmente, proponemos ampliar la discusión hacia enfoques contemporáneos, como la creatividad entendida como método, la perspectiva decolonial y la ecología de saberes, con el fin de reconocer la pluralidad de formas de investigar en diseño.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract In this paper, we analyze research in the field of design from a methodological and critical perspective. We understand research practice not only as a set of actions oriented toward the production of knowledge, but also as a complex endeavor shaped by social, historical, cultural, political, institutional, and epistemological conditions. From this perspective, we problematize the modes of validation and legitimation of project-based knowledge, addressing the tensions between the frameworks of modern science and the specificities of design practice. Our aim is not to establish normative prescriptions about how research in design should be conducted, but to open a space for reflection that situates the debate historically, institutionally, and socially, and examines its ontological, epistemological, and methodological dimensions. Finally, we propose broadening the discussion to contemporary approaches &#8212;such as creativity as method, decolonial perspectives, and the ecology of knowledge&#8212; to recognize the plurality of ways of conducting design research.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[diseño]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[conocimiento]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[práctica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[metodología]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[knowledge]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[practice]]></kwd>
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