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Mixing Research Methods in HCI: Ethnography Meets Experimentation in Image Browser Design

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Engineering Human Computer Interaction and Interactive Systems (EHCI 2004)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNPSE,volume 3425))

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We report the specification and evaluation of a browser designed to support sharing of digital photographs. The project integrated outcomes from experiments, ethnographic observations, and single-case immersive observations to specify and evaluate browser technologies. As well as providing and evaluating new browser concepts, a key outcome of our research is a case study showing the successful integration of ethnography and experimentation, research and design methods that are often viewed as orthogonal, sometimes even mutually exclusive, in HCI.

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Ormerod, T.C. et al. (2005). Mixing Research Methods in HCI: Ethnography Meets Experimentation in Image Browser Design. In: Bastide, R., Palanque, P., Roth, J. (eds) Engineering Human Computer Interaction and Interactive Systems. EHCI 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3425. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11431879_7

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