Contemporary Design Issues

 Contemporary Design Issues

The Argument Introduction

An argument is the stand point or view of the Author. In academic, argument is form of written text but in art practitioners, this could be in form both of written and practice based work. To develop an argument the author must have a debatable claim.

Researching the Argument

To support your argument you conduct research. There are 2 types of research:

• Primary research
• Secondary research

Both will use many sources of evidence. Yours sources must be credible. To ensure their credibility ask yourself the following questions:

• who is the author ?
• how recent is the source ?
• what type of sources does your audience value ?

Be careful when evaluate internet sources.

Organising the Argument

Use the Toulmin Method as your formula to organising your argument. The basic format for Toulmin Method is as follow:

• Claim: The overall thesis the writer will argue for.
• Data: Evidence gathered for support the claim
• Warrant(Bridge): Explanation of why or how the data supports the claim, the underlying assumption that connect to your claim.
• Backing(Foundation): Additional logic or reasoning that may be necessary to support the warrant.
• Counterclaim: A claim that negates or disagrees with the thesis/claim.
• Rebuttal: Evidence that negates or disagrees with the counterclaim.