Deconstructing Ethnography (eBook)

Towards a Social Methodology for Ubiquitous Computing and Interactive Systems Design

Graham Button, Andy Crabtree, Mark Rouncefield, Peter Tolmie (Autoren)

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2015 | 1st ed. 2015
XII, 178 Seiten
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-21954-7 (ISBN)

Infos

This book aims to deconstruct ethnography to alert systems designers, and other stakeholders, to the issues presented by new approaches that move beyond the studies of 'work' and 'work practice' within the social sciences (in particular anthropology and sociology). The theoretical and methodological apparatus of the social sciences distort the social and cultural world as lived in and understood by ordinary members, whose common-sense understandings shape the actual milieu into which systems are placed and used.

In Deconstructing Ethnography the authors show how 'new' calls are returning systems design to 'old' and problematic ways of understanding the social. They argue that systems design can be appropriately grounded in the social through the ordinary methods that members use to order their actions and interactions.

This work is written for post-graduate students and researchers alike, as well as design practitioners who have an interest in bringing the social to bear on design in a systematic rather than a piecemeal way. This is not a 'how to' book, but instead elaborates the foundations upon which the social can be systematically built into the design of ubiquitous and interactive systems.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements 8
Contents 10
About the Authors 12
Chapter 1: Introduction 14
1.1 Ethnography Considered Harmful 14
1.2 Deconstructing Ethnography 19
1.3 Volume Structure and Content 23
References 27
Chapter 2: Building the Social into Systems Design 29
2.1 Systems Design and Social Science 29
2.2 The Turn to Ethnography 34
2.3 Why Should Systems Designers Care? 44
References 49
Chapter 3: Ethnography as Cultural Theory 52
3.1 New Calls, Old Ways 52
3.2 The Beginnings of Ethnography in Anthropology 55
3.3 Social Structure and Culture 59
3.4 Consequences 65
3.5 Social Science Is Not Privileged 68
References 69
Chapter 4: ‘New’ Ethnography and Ubiquitous Computing 71
4.1 Ethnography as Cultural Tourism 71
4.2 Old and New Visions for Ubiquitous Computing 78
4.3 Messiness and Infrastructure 84
References 93
Chapter 5: Interpretation, Reflexivity and Objectivity 95
5.1 Observation and Interpretation 95
5.2 Reflexivity in Ethnographic Observation 100
5.3 Objectivity and Realism 112
References 116
Chapter 6: The Missing What of Ethnographic Studies 119
6.1 Scenic Description 119
6.2 The Missing Interactional What 126
6.3 The Ongoing Relevance of the Missing What 132
References 140
Chapter 7: Ethnography, Ethnomethodology and Design 142
7.1 Ethnography and Ethnomethodology 142
7.2 Social Science and Common-Sense 150
7.3 Common-Sense in Its Own Right 154
7.4 Anchoring Systems Design in the Social 160
References 162
Chapter 8: Members’ Not Ethnographers’ Methods 165
8.1 Ethnomethodology and Design 165
8.2 Members’ Methods as a Design Resource 173
8.3 Members’ Methods and Ubiquitous Computing 179
8.4 Conclusion: Eyeless in Gaza 182
References 184

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.10.2015
• Reihe/Serie: Human–Computer Interaction Series
• Reihe/Serie: Human–Computer Interaction Series
• Zusatzinfo: XII, 178 p.
• Verlagsort: Cham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik ► Betriebssysteme / Server
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: ethnography • HCI • Human Computer Interaction • interactive systems design • Pervasive Computing • ubiquitous computing
• ISBN-10: 3-319-21954-5 / 3319219545
• ISBN-13: 978-3-319-21954-7 / 9783319219547