Devon Gidley
Queen's University
8 Papers
6 Citations
Devon Gidley is an academic researcher from Queen's University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Computer science & Institutional theory. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications.
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Papers
Creating institutional disruption: an alternative method to study institutions
TL;DR: In this article, a new method called researcher initiated institutional disruption (RIID) is proposed to explore the taken-for-granted foundations of social institutions by identifying the institution, identifying the institutional actors, selecting the disruption type and disrupting the institution to gather data (action and reaction).
Suffering, recovery and participant experience in a video game development accelerator
TL;DR: In this article , the authors conducted an ethnography of a rapid prototyping program in video game development and found that participants required varying periods of recovery after participation and diverged in their longer-term reaction to the experience.
The impact of video game prototyping in an accelerator as viewed via spatial, temporal, and product scales
Devon Gidley,Mark Palmer +1 more
TL;DR: The authors conducted an ethnography of a rapid prototyping program in video game development and found that participants and observers held two main spatial-temporal perspectives (present-local and future-global) that changed over a one year time period.
Institutional policing work in a constellation of labels and spaces of place: video game development management insights
Devon Gidley,Mark Palmer +1 more
TL;DR: This study explores institutional policing work in a video game development space, revealing a dynamic "rainbow constellation" of spaces that influence policing work forms (self, backroom, spectacle, tangential, and preventative) and their conditions.
Becoming part of a temporary protest organization through embodied walking ethnography
Amanda J. Lubit,Devon Gidley +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the consequences of researching temporary protest organizations through embodied ethnography, paying attention to how, when and why a researcher takes sides, and showed that methodological choice can have a greater impact on side-taking than either the conflict setting or organization researched.