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An example of why culture and design matter for the user – it’s in the details
An Xiao Mina’s latest post about seat numbers in China is a great example of how design that attempts to understand the user’s world matters. She explains in her post why there is no 12E in this photo:...
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A Retrospective of Talks Given by Ethnographers at Lift Conference since 2006
Pic by Ed Horsford Of all the conferences that are dedicated to discussions on technology and society, there’s one that has continued to consistently curate an amazing line of up speakers while...
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The Ethnographer’s Summer Reading List: Elisa Oreglia brings us something...
We finally have Elisa Oreglia join Ethnography Matters for a guest post! Elisa is a PhD candidate at the UC Berkeley School of Information. She studies the circulation and use of mobile phones and...
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Inside the World of Low-tech, Resource-constrained Creativity in China...
A father-son team work together in a workshop modifying three-wheeled vehicles in Guizhou, China. Editor’s Note: When we started Ethnography Matters, we envisioned it to be a place where ethnographers...
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A Day in the Life: 3-wheeled Vehicle-based Fruit Vendor
Editor’s Note: A few weeks ago Fulbright Fellow Zach Hyman @SqInchAnthro introduced readers to the world of low-resource creativity in China. In this post he takes us into a day in the life of a...
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Ethnography Beyond Text and Print: How the digital can transform ethnographic...
Editor’s note: This is the final post in Wendy Hsu‘s 4-part series, On Digital Ethnography. Wendy asks what does an ethnography beyond text and print look like? To answer this question, she calls on...
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