http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2009/07/06/3-pieces-about-ethnography-and-design/ mind/tech bazar from outer space Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:02:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=wordpress-mu-1.2.1 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2009/07/06/3-pieces-about-ethnography-and-design/#comment-544271 7.5th Floor » Blog Archive » The Kind of Researcher I Am Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:25:44 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2009/07/06/3-pieces-about-ethnography-and-design/#comment-544271 [...] Downstream observations, that consider implications of the integrations and appropriation of technologies, their context, applying for instance urban scouting practices (see Sliding Friction and 3 pieces about ethnography and design). [...] […] Downstream observations, that consider implications of the integrations and appropriation of technologies, their context, applying for instance urban scouting practices (see Sliding Friction and 3 pieces about ethnography and design). […]

]]> http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2009/07/06/3-pieces-about-ethnography-and-design/#comment-542110 Link Love 13 July 2009 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:23:04 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2009/07/06/3-pieces-about-ethnography-and-design/#comment-542110 [...] 3 pieces about ethnography and design – A collection of three articles on ethnography and design. [...] […] 3 pieces about ethnography and design – A collection of three articles on ethnography and design. […]

]]> http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2009/07/06/3-pieces-about-ethnography-and-design/#comment-541286 Julian Bleecker Tue, 07 Jul 2009 21:58:44 +0000 http://liftlab.com/think/nova/2009/07/06/3-pieces-about-ethnography-and-design/#comment-541286 Great insight, Nicolas..much more nuanced than my ranting. I especially like this point about the quantification of staff and results, which seems absurd from the perspective that these practices (sociology, anthropology, etc.) are not typically "quant-centric" at all. There is also (or was, not sure where the debates are now) a question about what exactly "corporate anthro" or "corporate ethnography" is in relationship to the anthropology your father did, or more traditional sorts of studies of the cultures of people. Something about the ways these sorts of studies could (or could not) be the same because of some precepts about going to out of the way places rather than going to the home of a customer to understand something about how they use your service or product. There is perhaps a better name for this sort of thing — like more the "scout" idea, or just a new set of lenses and atmospheres and expectations that are different from what you need if you go in a boat to another place, down a dark river. Great insight, Nicolas..much more nuanced than my ranting. I especially like this point about the quantification of staff and results, which seems absurd from the perspective that these practices (sociology, anthropology, etc.) are not typically “quant-centric” at all. There is also (or was, not sure where the debates are now) a question about what exactly “corporate anthro” or “corporate ethnography” is in relationship to the anthropology your father did, or more traditional sorts of studies of the cultures of people. Something about the ways these sorts of studies could (or could not) be the same because of some precepts about going to out of the way places rather than going to the home of a customer to understand something about how they use your service or product. There is perhaps a better name for this sort of thing — like more the “scout” idea, or just a new set of lenses and atmospheres and expectations that are different from what you need if you go in a boat to another place, down a dark river.

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