Proceedings Article10.1145/1124772.1124855
Implications for design
Paul Dourish
- 22 Apr 2006
- pp 541-550
TL;DR: It is suggested that "implications for design" may not be the best metric for evaluation and may, indeed, fail to capture the value of ethnographic investigations.
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Abstract: Although ethnography has become a common approach in HCI research and design, considerable confusion still attends both ethnographic practice and the criteria by which it should be evaluated in HCI. Often, ethnography is seen as an approach to field investigation that can generate requirements for systems development; by that token, the major evaluative criterion for an ethnographic study is the implications it can provide for design. Exploring the nature of ethnographic inquiry, this paper suggests that "implications for design" may not be the best metric for evaluation and may, indeed, fail to capture the value of ethnographic investigations.
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