Fieldwork for Design: Theory and Practice

by Richard Harper, Mark Rouncefield, Dave Randall

Book Overview

This book shows why ethnographic approaches have been turned to in the design of computing devices for the workplace, for the home and elsewhere. It presents a history of ethnography, as it was practiced before computer science picked it up and since, most especially in the CSCW and HCI domains. It further examines the various currently popular ethnographic or 'fieldwork' frameworks, explaining and examining what each claims and entails. The focus...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846287677
• ISBN13: 9781846287671
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 331 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"