Hi Anna, This article (preprint) describes and problematize the way we conducted a 5 years ethnographic survey about a French OSS community called Spip. The question of the evolving research relationship in the ethnography of online group is central in our argument: http://sites.uclouvain.be/libre/spip.php?article63 Best, Marc Marc Zune Iacchos, U. of Louvain, Belgium sites.uclouvain.be/libre Le 16 juin 2015 à 10:02, Anna E. Haverinen <aehaverinen@gmail.com> a écrit :
Hi Rainer,
In my recent doctoral dissertation I have a chapter about online ethnography and when it is participatory or not (chapter 3.2. The New Trobriand - doing ethnography online). Nardis and Boellstorffs works are excellent and I highly recommend Christine Hine as well, she has a new book this year. My work is about online memorial cultures and you can download it from here: https://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/98454.
Best, Anna Haverinen, PhD Digital Culture, postdoctoral researcher University of Turku, Finland www.annahaverinen.com
2015-06-15 15:42 GMT+03:00 Eric Meyer <eric.meyer@oii.ox.ac.uk>:
When I teach digital ethnography, I find the most accessible example of well-done participant observation to be Nardi's book. Part 1 in particular talks about method in a very concrete way:
My Life as a Night Elf Priest: An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft 2010. Michigan: University of Michigan Press, Prolog, and chapters 1 & 2 Available online at: http://www.digitalculture.org/books/my-life-as-a-night-elf-priest
Besides being an example of Nardi's excellent and engaging work, the bonus is that students can read the book for free online.
Eric
Professor Eric T. Meyer Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor Director of Graduate Studies Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Email: eric.meyer@oii.ox.ac.uk Web: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/meyer/ Google Scholar: http://bit.ly/GS-ETMeyer SSRN: http://ssrn.com/author=912385 Twitter: @etmeyer
Recently published: Meyer, ET and R Schroeder. (2015). Knowledge Machines: Digital Transformations of the Sciences and Humanities. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ( http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/knowledge-machines)
Meyer, ET. (2015). The Expert and the Machine: Competition or Convergence? Convergance: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354856515579840)
Deetjen, U., Meyer, E.T. and Schroeder, R. (2015). Big Data for Advancing Dementia Research: An Evaluation of Data Sharing Practices in Research on Age-related Neurodegenerative Diseases. OECD Digital Economy Papers, No. 246, OECD Publishing. (http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/5js4sbddf7jk-en)
-----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Rainer Hillrichs Sent: 15 June 2015 01:36 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Participant observation online: an article-length study?
Dear all,
in my seminar "Methods for researching online media and media culture" there is a session on participant observation. I have an introductory text to the method (the respective chapter from Boellstorff et al., *Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method*), but I still need an article or chapter-length study to sort of illustrate the application of the method. Any suggestions?
Best, Rainer
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