Advancing the Value of Ethnography

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Understanding Users: The Extensions of Expectant Systems

Understanding Users: The Extensions of Expectant Systems

This paper provides an ethnographic understanding of users in the Persian blogosphere through the framework of the carnivalesque. The repertoire of concepts provided by the carnivalesque draws attention to (1) the significance of the material, (2) the dynamic, transforming nature of things, and...

Accelerating Collaboration with Social Tools

Accelerating Collaboration with Social Tools

As more and more corporate ethnographic work is crossing international borders, we are increasingly collaborating with teams that are spread across the globe. As a result, we need tools that enable us to work across boundaries. The authors have been collaborating on a research project developed by...