Forelæsning ved adjungeret professor Jeanette Blomberg
Jeanette Blomberg - en af verdens førende forskere i etnografiske studier ifm. design - holder foredrag ifm. hendes tiltrædelse som adjungeret professor på RUC den 19. september kl. 14-15 i 43-2.29. Der vil være en efterfølgende reception.
Title: Ethnography and Participatory Design
Abstract: The relationship between ethnography and Participatory Design has a long, complicated, and contested history. Questions have been raised about whether the sensibilities, commitments, and requirements of design and of ethnography are aligned both practically and philosophically. In this talk I will discuss various approaches that have been developed to connect ethnography and design with attention to the similarities and incongruities between Participatory Design and ethnography. I will conclude with thoughts about the challenges and opportunities ahead for the next generation of participatory designers.
Om Jeanette Blomberg:
Ph.D., Program Director of Practice-based Service Innovation, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA, USA.
Jeanette Blomberg forsker i 'ethnographically-informed organizational interventions, participatory design, social aspects of technology production and use, and practice-based service innovation'. Hun var tidligere medlem af Lucy Suchman’s gruppe, Work Practice and Technology, på Xerox Palo Alto Research Center gennem alle de år denne gruppe eksisterede. Hun har derudover haft ansættelse som Director of Experience Modeling research ved Sapient Corporation, og som Industry-affiliated Professor ved Blekinge Institute of Technology i Sverige. Jeanette har en ph.d. i antropologi fra University of California, Davis.
Jeanette er en af verdens førende forskere i etnografiske studier ifm. design hvilket er blevet cementeret i to af hendes seneste publikationer (se nedenfor). Hun var initiativtager til 'Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference' (EPIC), en konference som er blevet afholdt årligt siden 2005 og hvor hun nu er del af konferencens Advisory Board.
Jeanette vil bl.a. blive tilknyttet RUC's satsningsområde og forskningscenter i 'Designing Human Technologies', hvor hun indtræder i dette centers advisory board. Hun vil endvidere være et aktiv for CBIT's satsningsområde i 'Innovation in Service and Experience'.
- Blomberg, J. and H. Karasti: "Reflections on 25 Years of Ethnography in CSCW. Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW)": The Journal of Collaborative Computing and Work Practices, Volume 21, No 6, 2013.
- Blomberg, J. and H. Karasti: "Positioning Ethnography within Participatory Design." Routledge International Handbook of Participatory Design. (Eds.) Jesper Simonsen and Toni Robertson. Routledge, London. 86-116, 2012.