Advancing the Value of Ethnography

Tag: storytelling

The Story As Evidence: It’s Yours, It’s Mine, It’s Theirs

The Story As Evidence: It’s Yours, It’s Mine, It’s Theirs

PechaKucha Presentation I've been reflecting on my role in the use and abuse of evidence — in the past as a radio producer and more recently as a writer in a design research company. Storytelling is held aloft as something businesses need to do more of — and be better at — but often the narratives...

“Resistance is Possible”: The Ethnography of Roleplaying

“Resistance is Possible”: The Ethnography of Roleplaying

PechaKucha Presentation Roleplaying games, such as the popular Dungeons & Dragons, ask players to take on roles of particular people and contexts. As a researcher, my experience conducting playtesting and ethnographic work for a roleplaying game on the Holocaust called “Rosenstrasse”...

Creating Agency: What Ethnography Can Learn from Storytelling

Creating Agency: What Ethnography Can Learn from Storytelling

PechaKucha Presentation This PK explores the relationship between ethnography and post-modern storytelling techniques that shift the locus of agency towards the audience and away from the protagonist. The presentation builds on insights from a project about the future of storytelling, and explores...