Fieldwork for design : theory and practice

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    • Randall, Dave
    • Harper, Richard
    • Rouncefield, Mark

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Fieldwork for design : theory and practice

Dave Randall, Richard Harper and Mark Rouncefield

(Computer supported cooperative work)

Springer, c2007

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-320) and indexes

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Description

This book looks at why ethnographic approaches are popular in the design of computing devices for the workplace, for the home and elsewhere. It presents a history of ethnography, both as it was practiced before computer science picked it up and since, most especially in the CSCW and HCI domains. The focus of the book is on the practical relationship between theory and practice, a relationship that is fundamental to successful design.

Table of Contents

Ethnography, Fieldwork, and Design: Preliminary Remarks.- Ethnography, Fieldwork, and Design: Preliminary Remarks.- Theoretical and Analytic Issues.- The State of Play.- Some Perspectives.- Activity Theory, Distributed Cognition, and Actor-Network Theory.- Methods for Social Investigation: Practical Issues.- Ethnography and Its Role in the Design Process - "If You Must Work Together'.- Ethnography and How to Do It.- Analytic Issues: What Have We Got?.- Common sense and Context.- Organisations and Work.- Into the Home.- Conclusion: Not the Last Word.

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