A methodology for a scholarship of transdisciplinary action research in the design professions: Lessons from an Indian country initiative

Landscape Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 133-147

  Thering, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Action research; Grounded theory meta analysis; Heuristic; Research methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79251610087     PISSN: 02772426     EISSN: 15532704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/lj.30.1.133     Document Type: Article

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