Felix, Sandra2020-07-082020-07-082020-07https://hdl.handle.net/10539/29241Arts Research Africa Conference Proceeding 2020How does the new PhD in practice-based design research in the School of Architecture at Wits position itself? This paper is an account of the author-practitioner’s exposure to the long history of engagement with design research in the school through the example of architects such as Pancho Guedes and others.enLicensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Copyright of texts: the authors, performers, and panellists Copyright of images: the authors, artists, performers, and panellistsArtistic researchArts researchDecolonisationArts pedagogyPresentation