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Ethnography as Implications for Technological Design Ethnography as Implications for Technological Design
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Charting a New Relationship between Ethnography and Ubicomp Charting a New Relationship between Ethnography and Ubicomp
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The Marginalization of Theory The Marginalization of Theory
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Power Relations Power Relations
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Technology and Practice Technology and Practice
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Broadening the Scope of Ethnographic Impact in Ubicomp Broadening the Scope of Ethnographic Impact in Ubicomp
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Affect Affect
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Mobility Mobility
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Toward a Generative Account of Ubicomp Toward a Generative Account of Ubicomp
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4 A Role for Ethnography: Methodology and Theory
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Published:April 2011
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Abstract
This chapter seeks to reconnect the ways in which research questions (i.e., methodologies) are approached with the ways in which such questions might be framed, articulated, and addressed (i.e., theory). It explores a broader view of methodology and theory, using ethnography and its relationships to ubicomp as a starting point. The chapter argues that by relegating ethnographic knowledge to implications for technological design, ubicomp practitioners fail to capture the value of ethnographic investigations, insights, and knowledge. Yet it does function as a useful avenue to open up a larger conversation not only about how ethnography is currently prefigured in ubicomp, but also how it could be powerfully reimagined. Of particular interest is how ethnographic theory can help reposition research questions and directions without a reliance on fieldwork. The chapter thus illustrates the implications for design which might be derived from classical ethnographic material, and shows that these may not be in the form which ubicomp research normally imagines or expects.
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