Fieldwork Activity Sara Petry Jessica Richman 17 April
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Fieldwork Activity Sara Petry & Jessica Richman 17 April 2008
Observation • Types of fieldwork. . . observation, interview, document analysis • Observation. . . most common in HCI • The “Master-Apprentice” model is common in observational research • Learning to do observations well takes time
The Activity • Break into groups of 3 or 4 • 1 person will be the user, others will be researchers • Go to http: //www. google. com/experimental • 5 minutes to play with any or all of the experimental searches • Researchers - note areas of improvement for each search • 5 minute debrief with the whole group
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Situated Actions, Lucy Suchman, 1987 All this complexity = • Action is context-sensitive • Planning is not always followed and sometimes a rationalization • Language is easily misinterpreted
• • An Ethnographic Approach to Design, Jeanette Blomberg, et al, 2003 Historical: anthropology and relativism Philosophical/epistemological: • • Natural settings Holistic Descriptive Members’ point of view
Practical Ethnography Your experiences: • Sampling • Gaining access • Observation, self-reporting techniques, remote data collection, digital observation • Artifact analysis
Experience Models and Opportunity Maps
Profiles and Storyboards
Questions?
