Fieldwork Activity.ppt

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 /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 /watch?v=be63nTdnwFYfeature=related 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?