December 2010
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“Statistical investigation grasps the material of these practices, but not their...”
– limits of statistical analysis in the words of Michael de Certeau (1986:xviii)
de Certeau, Michel [1984] 2002. The Practice of Everyday Life. 1st ed. University of California Press.
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Ethnography in a digital world: the field site in...
How can ethnography in a digital world capture culturally embedded practices and discourses that are specific to communities that are no longer place-based? What are the future routes for a field that has been traditionally rooted to a bounded sense of place? How do we identity not only when our field work begins, but where? I try to provide some preliminary answers in this field paper.
I argue...
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My interview about ethnography and community...
Somehow the internets connected Dhiren Shingadia and I, which then evolved into a skype convo and then his interview with me: Understanding communities through ethnography (I recommend reading it here on Future Lab - better formatting).
Here are some of the questions that Dhiren asked me:
As a sociologist and ethnographer, what are the core outputs of your studies at the moment?
What are the...
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Ethnographic Reflexivity of Observed Realities:...
I am delighted to read this quote below from Angell & Demetis, 2010, Science’s First Mistake: Misinterpreting Observation, Delusion and Paradox. (thanks webisteme for posting this!)
We cannot even know if reality is consistent with sense data, because we only perceive what is already consistent.
After all, under hypnosis we can be jabbed with a needle and yet feel no pain, or smell...
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“It has become commonplace to regard the high-tech and creative industries as...”
– The Intercultural City, Phil Wood & Charles Landry (p. 144)