Abstract
The relation between ethnography and design is often discussed in terms of being direct or indirect. The debate on using ethnography in design, models the problem as a matter of mediating between users and designers. This fails to take 'use' serious and renders the problem epistemic i.e. a matter of creating a better understanding or description of the user. Inspired by later developments in Science and Technology Studies I engage an ontological reconceptualization and turn to consider and practice the relation as performative - thus making ethnography, design and users' practices converge. I show this by the case of how the concept of 'medication management' has been performed differently on a combined CSCW and participatory design project in healthcare. It is suggested that through design interventions with working prototypes; prospective analysis and participatory design can be fruitfully assembled in situations of use.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2013 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work : CSCW '13 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Publication date | 2013 |
| Pages | 1103-1112 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-1331-5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing 2013: CSCW '13 - San Antonio, United States Duration: 23 Feb 2013 → 27 Feb 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing 2013 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | San Antonio |
| Period | 23/02/2013 → 27/02/2013 |