“Research in the Wild”: Approaches to Understanding the Unremarkable as a Resource for Design

Crabtree, Andy; Tolmie, Peter; Chamberlain, Alan

Abstract

This chapter outlines some key approaches towards understanding the unremarkable. It focuses first on a sociological orientation to the everyday world as key to the enterprise, and then on a variety of complimentary approaches for elaborating or surfacing the unremarkable character of everyday life. It considers the kinds of data resources that are routinely used to elaborate the unremarkable, and the relationship between data resource and analysis as a constituent element of working ‘in the wild’. We hope this will be a valuable resource for researchers and students alike.

Citation

Crabtree, A., Tolmie, P., & Chamberlain, A. (2019). “Research in the Wild”: Approaches to Understanding the Unremarkable as a Resource for Design. In A. Chamberlain, & A. Crabtree (Eds.), Into the Wild: Beyond the Design Research Lab (31-53). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18020-1_3

• Online Publication Date: Jul 4, 2019
• Publication Date: Jul 16, 2019
• Deposit Date: Nov 5, 2024
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 31-53
• Series Title: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
• Series Number: 48
• Book Title: Into the Wild: Beyond the Design Research Lab
• ISBN: 9783030180188
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-18020-1_3
• Keywords: Ethnography Design Ethnomethodology HCI CSCW Methods Qualitative
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/23491146
• Publisher URL: https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-18020-1_3