The methods of ethnography and cognitive psychology are frequently set in opposition to each other. Whilst such a view may be appropriate in de"ning pure, or prototypical, classes of each activity, the value and necessity of such a distinction is broken down when researchers are goal-directed to study complex work domains in order to foster technological change. In this paper, we outline a rapp...

There are many myths in South Sumatra, especially isolated areas because communication and transportation not going well. For example, infrastructure such as roads, bridges, water land has been damaged, making it difficult to access the area so that myth increased. Myths also increased of broken communication, for example transmitter is tower error (broken). The repair there no area. problem th...

In recent years, many ethnographers have conducted participant observation studies in virtual worlds, whether in games like World of Warcraft or user-generated environments like Second Life. However, the acceptance of digital fieldwork as a legitimate form of ethnography does not make it strictly identical to its physical counterpart. In particular, the logistics of virtual ethnography offer bo...

BACKGROUND Contextual factors associated with health care settings make reducing health care-associated infections (HAIs) a complex task. The aim of this article is to highlight how ethnography can assist in understanding contextual factors that support or hinder the implementation of evidence-based practices for reducing HAIs. METHODS We conducted a review of ethnographic studies specificall...

For almost 20 years, occupational therapists have advocated client-centered practice. Yet client-centered practice is fraught with tensions that arise outside the practice of individual occupational therapists. This paper is guided by two questions: What produces professional tensions in client-centered practice? and What understanding and change might be generated using institutional ethnograp...

Social exchange, intimacy and relatedness are a basic human need. Not surprisingly, there is a number of means to mediate relatedness over a distance, such as the telephone, Skype or Facebook. However, each of these imposes a particular way of communication, constrained by the employed technology rather than deliberately shaped by the designer. In line with an experience-driven approach to tech...

her 50s, spent a year working low-wage jobs as a waitress in Florida, a housecleaner in Maine and a Wal-Mart sales clerk in Minnesota. Her detailed ethnography, the best-selling Nickel and Dimed, reveals how physically demanding and personally demeaning these jobs are, and how workers are trapped in them. Ehrenreich’s book has received wide critical acclaim, a typical book review in the Minneap...

Title. Silence, power and communication in the operating room. Aim. This paper is a report of a study conducted to explore whether a 1to 3-minute preoperative interprofessional team briefing with a structured checklist was an effective way to support communication in the operating room. Background. Previous research suggests that nurses often feel constrained in their ability to communicate wit...