Ethnography: Ellen Isaacs at TEDxBroadway

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[@aquinn524]

this really came in handy for my Anthropology class in college.

[@SPCcranford1056]

Same here

[@AZukerNV]

@@SPCcranford1056 Same here for my media studies class!

[@koralite3953]

ethnography is the most interesting field of study in humanities!

[@melissa_woodward]

Hello Dr. Isaacs,
Thank you for your explanation of ethnography and how this methodology works to understand human behavior and culture. I am currently in a graduate program at Arizona State University and this week, we delved into the different approaches to qualitative research, one of which being ethnography. It was helpful to hear your perspectives on how ethnography can be used in real world contexts, which is a huge influence and design of this approach to qualitative research. In working within the field of education, I can also now see instances in which the use of ethnography can point out "obvious", as you stated, insights into certain actions or behaviors. My masters degree in education will be an ME.D. in Learning and Design Technologies, so also hearing about the use of ethnography with the intention to design innovative technologies in practical fields or in every day factors and environments, made me wonder how ethnography may be used in certain contexts in education. What is one way that you could see ethnography impacting the design of technology in online learning? You mentioned that in your studies you mostly relied on the use of observations, which is important to the methodology of ethnography, but would you consider any benefits to the use of interviews or informal conversations among participants you observed over time? Could these other data collection method be impactful to the redesign of proposed signs in your study?
Thank you for translating this research method into an applicable format for understanding!
-Melissa Woodward

[@farmgrl]

I have never understood ethnography. it always seemed Greek to me but her explanation makes it so obvious. my first hidden obvious😀👍

[@ViviendoJusticia]

This is great , I'm about to start my course on ethnography. Thank you !

[@AbreTuMente]

It was a great explanation about Ethnography! Thank you so much. I love this quote "The best way to predict the future is to invent it" Alan Kay (Computer science - Invented Graphical User Interfaces).

[@AnhThu-no3vi]

thanks so much for putting the definition in a very simple and efficient way. Great sharing!

[@waelwafi5871]

Thank you for that nice easy difinition of ETHNOGRAPHY .

[@ishitvora9463]

Thank you, it is a very helpful video to understand Ethnography with the types of parking examples

[@jareau]

Very useful for my Qualitative Research Methods course. Thanks for posting.

[@FredMud]

Good explanation of Ethnography

[@oliverjohnson438]

Lol this is great for me. I'm in a anthropology class in college right now but my major is computer science xD Great talk!

[@lokmanekrizou2955]

sounds that you are taking research method course in oulu XD

[@Khosir1]

lol.. sounds familiar

[@eddev]

I know this comment is 2 years old but I’m literally in the exact same situation! CS major taking an Anthropology class

[@gonseok]

I'd like to add Korean sub to this clip. But it says community contribution is not allowed. Where should I send this transcription to?

[@Cakemonster147]

Kim Jong-un

[@guglielmoblake4575]

Without the comma, the Mead's quotation was really incomprehensible to me!
"WHAT PEOPLE SAY, WHAT PEOPLE DO, AND WHAT THEY SAY THEY DO ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THINGS."

[@molopes7386]

Best video I have ever watched.

[@LeNguyen-im8dm]

Very nice presentation. Love it

[@MartaniPanganSehat]

I wish my professor watch this and use kind parking ethnography case for the example. Thank you.

[@RforRighteous]

Lol most of the parking issues were in New Orleans! I feel this 100%!!!

[@user-rp6kx5pg7q]

clearly an ethnography in the service of markets and companies...

[@hiromimira1769]

This is so helpful... Thanks

[@cookielover1213]

Love this!!!!

[@ilhampena]

thank you for the video,,its really help in my research,,

[@user-iq2if2tb7e]

the case Employment networking in the Hollywood is ethnography or case study?

[@matamokwala4690]

this was great!

[@charlesfu33]

Really good!

[@00000materialization]

I still struggle with printing stuff out in that exact same way ;D ;D ;D

[@ne9505]

SO GREAT 👍

[@fabricioasantana]

Amazing!

[@chandrasekhararaovullikant7075]

Smart way to solve a problem using technology to ease and comfortable life but how is it related to Ethnography ?

[@ne9505]

SO GREAT 😊

[@manwiththehand29]

I feel incredibly privileged to be in a Master's program in Lund now, even though I'm from a small town in Arkansas. That being said... Your video is (at it's core) biased.

[@goaliecerts]

how is it biased?

[@meomacma]

Mind to share more of your point?

[@VladyslavKL]

🐋

[@ne9505]

SO GREAT 👍