Zusammenfassung: Ethnographen zeigen sich fasziniert durch ihre Felderfahrungen. Doch obwohl sie sich als teilnehmende Beobachter identifizieren, haben sie keine Theorie des Beobachtens entwickelt. Systemtheoretiker verfügen über eine Theorie der Beobachtung zweiter Ordnung, aber sie vermeiden Feldforschungen. In unserem Beitrag argumentieren wir, dass Systemtheorie und Ethnographie einander ef...

This study identified the purposes of the communication process in the group activities of the Family Health strategy from the perspective of nurses. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and recorded with 60 nurses and non-participant observation with 19 group activities, analyzed according to qualitative content analysis. Five categories emerged: Health education, Clinical follow-up, co-r...

Online citizen science projects have the potential to engage thousands of participants with scientific research. A small number of projects such as Foldit use an online computer game format. Motivation to participate in Foldit was investigated in a group of 37 players using an online survey, semi-structured interviews and participant observation. Results suggest that contributing to scientific ...

Article points 1. The authors of this article completed an ethnographic study of the significance of a social support group for parents who have children with type 1 diabetes. 2. Through participant observation of the group meetings, semi-structured interviews and field notes, prominent themes emerged relating to the issues encountered by the parents and how they view the social support. 3. The...

The main purpose of this article is a brief presentation of the most crucial stages of a research process concerning migration of foreign workers in Greece. The research (within my doctoral studies at Sussex University, Brighton, UK) was undertaken for a period of almost nine months (1995-1996) in Athens, Greece. In this article I present some important dimensions of the multiple methods used (...

While contributions to the digital commons of Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) communities, such as source code and documentation, have been widely explored, other types of contribution have remained less visible. This paper offers empirical evidence of the perception of “community-oriented” activities as contributions, their lack of visibility in digital collaboration platforms, and the...

This article presents the results of a qualitative study examining a series of artistic and cultural activities that emerged over the last years in Brazil in the context of psychiatric reform. Using both semi-structured interviews with users and mental health professionals as the authors of these activities, as well as participant observation in cultural and artistic events within the period 20...