Advancing the Value of Ethnography

Tag: ethnography

Engineers “On The Ground”: Mass Observation at Moto

Engineers “On The Ground”: Mass Observation at Moto

Of course, EPIC has always been a ‘community of praxis’ (as much as practice) helping attendees put what they learn into action. For us at Motorola Mobility, 2013 was no exception. The company had reduced its phone portfolio to a handful of products; and knew the only way to grow market share was...

Accounting for Value Salon

Accounting for Value Salon

What's our worth? What are the rhetorics of value? This question is never far from the minds of individual practitioners and this diverse community. Value takes many forms and is denominated in many currencies. The worth of these currencies changes in time and space as business environments...

Models of Enchantment and the Enchantment of Models

Models of Enchantment and the Enchantment of Models

This is a piece about certain types of objects. Those objects are models. I want to suggest that models are objects that are central to the various practices in which EPIC People are engaged for three reasons. Firstly, they help manage situations of uncertainty. Second, they are tools for...

Ethnography, Ethics & Time

Ethnography, Ethics & Time

Ethnographers are not time travelers, but we may be close. Our frameworks and methodologies develop a nuanced understanding of how relationships, processes, and objects evolve over time. This 'temporal expertise' is key to enacting our ethical responsibility to the past and future, says...