This week we discussed how we broke the ‘norms’ of society for a little bit, then we moved on the
talk about our next CA which is based around Ethnography.
An Ethnographer is someone who would openly or secretly participate and study other people taking part in an event, such as gigs/concerts or conventions, etc,
We discussed the origins of Enthnography which were the following: Anthropology, Sociology,
Design, Observing the User Experience. Enthnography, (I hate typing out that word), is a means of
identifying significant categories of human experience up close amd personal. There are many
different ways that you could go about it and these are the best ways:
Participant Observation - Observing others by taking part in the event.
Artifacts Collection - Taking flyers, posters, etc.
Oral Histories - Taking note of what people say.
Documentary - Recording people’s opinions of the events.
Passive Observation - Secretly observing.
Group interviews - Interviewing people in a group... Okay that one was a bit obvious.
We also discussed many considerations to be taken during fieldwork. Such as Information Selection which is the information collected representative of all possible experience. There is also field
location and your timeframe. Determining your field site such as the people, like whether or not there would be too much or too little people taking part in the area or that may be too many passer bys.
The place and whether or not it is a good location to start your research and the practice... Which to
be honest I’m too sure what that means. Also it’s very important to not break a few morale rules.
Such as making sure that what you ask them to do will not bring harm to any of the participants.
That there is no lack of informed consent, no Invasion of Privacy and above all - no deception.
That is your education for the week. So long and goodnight.
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