What’s Cyber about CyberEthnography? Notes on Methods for Research on (cyber)Sociality

Published on Author Elizabeth F. Churchill

What’s Cyber about CyberEthnography? Notes on Methods for Research on (cyber)Sociality Abstract: In considering the term “cyber”, one wonders what the prefix could add to the encompassing, entirely worldy word “ethnography”. Ethnography, after all, means to write culture. So, one wonders first what are the rhetorical reasons for the appearance of such a term, prefixed… Continue reading What’s Cyber about CyberEthnography? Notes on Methods for Research on (cyber)Sociality

Thoughts for T: Work and inspiration

Published on Author Elizabeth F. Churchill

I would say the origins of my work are in ergonomics or human factors – evaluating, observing and designing with a sensitivity to human characteristics and capabilities. While early ergonomics was rooted in consideration of biometrics and physiology, it soon moved to consider motivation (The Hawthorne Effect) and other less “tangible” things. When working in… Continue reading Thoughts for T: Work and inspiration