by Daiane Scaraboto, Bernardo Figueiredo | Jan 11, 2016 | Paper
Gift-systems build relationships and create various types of value for the individuals who participate in them. Organizations may also reap the benefits of gift-systems when they understand, support, and foster practices of object circulation within these systems. We...
by Robert Potts, Dhruv Sharma, Joseph Lindley | Jan 11, 2016 | Paper
This paper aims to foreground issues for design ethnographers working in urban contexts within the smart-city discourse. It highlights ethnography’s role in a shared urban future by exploring how ethnographers might pave the way for envisioning digital...
by Susan Squires, Molly Shade | Jan 11, 2016 | Paper
Information Technology (IT) professionals are racing to keep up with cyber-security threats in the workplace. But, as any cyber-security expert will tell you, security technology is only as good as the people who use it. And, people are a mystery to most...
by Anja Maerz | Jan 11, 2016 | Tutorial
Instructor: Visualizations are powerful research and communication tools, revealing questions we didn’t even know to ask and allowing faster access to actionable insights. This introduction to data visualization presents principles for data design and design...
by Simon Roberts, Tom Hoy | Jan 11, 2016 | Paper
This paper explores two different forms of knowledge. We compare embodied understanding with propositional or abstract knowledge. Ethnographic research, with its commitment to understanding through immersion and engagement in social fields produces dexterous,...
