Eden, Grace, Sharma, Sumita, Roy, Debjani, Joshi, Anirudha, Abdelnour-Nocera, Jose ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7935-7368 and Rangaswamy, Nimmi (2019) Field trip as method: a rapid fieldwork approach. Proceedings of the 10th Indian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction - IndiaHCI '19.

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Abstract

Understanding people’s attitudes towards and uses of technology is an essential aspect of a successful designprocess. Ethnography is a proven method for acquiring this understanding. However, there arechallenges to incorporating fieldwork, most notably the time factor, considered by some as the greatest barrier. This is especially true for many technology companies whose turn-around time from concept to design to implementation is accelerated. We propose a solution to the dilemma between acquiring the benefits of fieldwork with the compressed timescales of many technology projects by using focused field trips as a method for gaining rich insights into peoples’ uses of and attitudes towards technologies in real-world settings. In a short amount of time (one or two days), field trips sensitize design teams to the priorities of stakeholder groups. We outline a systematic approach to incorporating field trips as a method for developing rich, qualitative insights using rapidqualitative studies.

Item Type:	Article
Identifier:	10.1145/3364183.3364188
Keywords:	Qualitative Methods, Field trip; Ethnography
Related URLs:	http://www.acm.org/publications/policies...
SWORD Depositor:	Jisc Router
Depositing User:	Jisc Router
Date Deposited:	13 Nov 2019 11:56
Last Modified:	06 Feb 2024 16:01
URI:	https://repository.uwl.ac.uk/id/eprint/6523

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