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Auflistung nach Schlagwort "Ethnography"

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  • Konferenzbeitrag
    Design for Elderly – A Meeting Point for Ethnography and Usability
    (i-com: Vol. 15, No. 1, 2016) Endter, Cordula
    Ethnographic research methods are getting more and more popular in disciplines that have mainly been dominated by quantitative or experimental methodological approaches. Especially in technology-driven research, ethnography seems to enrich common approaches by investigating the use of technology in the everyday life of prospective users. By participating in and observing the users and their mundane activities, routines and rituals ethnography provides insights that can be integrated in the design process to improve the usability of the artifact. This article discusses the intersection of ethnography and usability by introducing ethnographic methods, discussing their application in the context of design for elderly and presenting results of an ethnographic case study in the field of Ambient Assisted Living (AAL).
  • Zeitschriftenartikel
    Designing with Ethnography: Tabletops and the Importance of their Physical Setup for Group Interactions in Exhibitions
    (i-com: Vol. 14, No. 2, 2015) Storz, M. Sc. Michael; Kanellopoulos, M. A. Kalja; Fraas, Claudia; Eibl, Maximilian
    Designing interactive surfaces for walk-up-and-use scenarios in semi-public spaces like museums is a challenging task, since they need to be intuitive and appealing for a broad range of users. We describe the iterative development of two tabletop prototypes and their applications with a combination of interaction design and different types of ethnography. We outline the extensive development process and describe a user study with our second prototype, conducted in an exhibition about new media and digital cooperation for one week. Especially the physical setup of our tabletops distinguishes them from others. It consists of several seating elements to make interaction more comfortable for a heterogeneity of active users and onlookers. As an example for the analysis of the collected data we outline an interaction session of a group of 15 people. Results show that the artifact was well received and that groups and their interactions benefited from the physical setup.