Reflections on 25 Years of Ethnography in CSCW

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dc.contributor.authorBlomberg, Jeanette
dc.contributor.authorKarasti, Helena
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-06T13:06:55Z
dc.date.available2020-06-06T13:06:55Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractIn this article we focus attention on ethnography’s place in CSCW by reflecting on how ethnography in the context of CSCW has contributed to our understanding of the sociality and materiality of work and by exploring how the notion of the ‘field site’ as a construct in ethnography provides new ways of conceptualizing ‘work’ that extends beyond the workplace. We argue that the well known challenges of drawing design implications from ethnographic research have led to useful strategies for tightly coupling ethnography and design. We also offer some thoughts on recent controversies over what constitutes useful and proper ethnographic research in the context of CSCW. Finally, we argue that as the temporal and spatial horizons of inquiry have expanded, along with new domains of collaborative activity, ethnography continues to provide invaluable perspectives.de
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10606-012-9183-1
dc.identifier.pissn1573-7551
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10606-012-9183-1
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/3905
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.ispartofComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW): Vol. 22
dc.relation.ispartofseriesComputer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)
dc.subjectanthropology
dc.subjectconnecting ethnography and design
dc.subjectconstructing the field site
dc.subjectcritical studies
dc.subjectCSCW
dc.subjectethnomethodology
dc.subjectmulti-sited ethnography
dc.subjectsociality and materiality of work
dc.subjectwork practice
dc.subjectworkplace studies
dc.titleReflections on 25 Years of Ethnography in CSCWde
dc.typeText/Journal Article
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gi.citation.startPage373

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