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This was the draft of an article that appeared in the ACM’s interactions magazine in 2008 — ACM Press, Volume 15, Issue 4, 2008. I talked about my experiences of using navigation aids, including maps to help me get around and some of the innovations we developed in-house. Continue reading Maps and Moralities, Blanks and Beasties
Submission for EPIC 2005 Methods PaperTitle: The Diversity of Cyberethnography: Approaches to the Study of Sociality in Virtual Lifescapes Authors: E.F. Churchill, R. Moore andB. Jordan Abstract: If cyberspace is “the total interconnectedness of human beings through computers and telecommunication without regard to physical geography” (Gibson, 1984), then cybersociality lies in the details of engaging,… Continue reading The Diversity of CyberEthnography EPIC 2005 Abstract
Submission for EPIC 2005: Methods Paper (10 page limit) Title: The Diversity of Cyberethnography: Approaches to the Study of Sociality in Virtual Lifescapes Authors: E.F. Churchill, B. Jordan and R. Moore Abstract: If cyberspace is “the total interconnectedness of human beings through computers and telecommunication without regard to physical geography” (Gibson, 1984), then cybersociality lies… Continue reading The Diversity of Cyberethnography: Approaches to the Study of Sociality in Virtual Lifescapes
Cyberethography and cybersociality in virtual lifescapes: methods, obstructions and abstractions Abstract: If cyberspace is “the total interconnectedness of human beings through computers and telecommunication without regard to physical geography” (Gibson, 1984), then cybersociality lies in the details of engaging, maintaining and indeed managing this disembodied, mediated interconnectedness, operating simultaneously within multiple “social worlds” (Strauss, 1978).… Continue reading Notes on Cyberethnography for EPIC 2005