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Seeing Ethnographically: Teaching ethnography as part of CSCW.
- Source :
- ECSCW 2007; 2007, p411-430, 20p
- Publication Year :
- 2007
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Abstract
- While ethnography is an established part of CSCW research, teaching and learning ethnography presents unique and distinct challenges. This paper discusses a study of fieldwork and analysis amongst a group of students learning ethnography as part of a CSCW & design course. Studying the students' practices we explore fieldwork as a learning experience, both learning about fieldsites as well as learning the practices of ethnography. During their fieldwork and analysis the students used a wiki to collaborate, sharing their field and analytic notes. From this we draw lessons for how ethnography can be taught as a collaborative analytic process and discuss extensions to the wiki to better support its use for collaborating around fieldnotes. In closing we reflect upon the role of learning ethnography as a practical hands on - rather than theoretical - pursuit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISBNs :
- 9781848000308
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- ECSCW 2007
- Publication Type :
- Book
- Accession number :
- 33149567
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84800-031-5_22