The Qame of Trans-disciplinary Ethnography

Making Visible Disciplinary Theories of Ethnographic Praxis as Boundary Object

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ID5948778
AutoresElizabeth Tunstall (0000-0002-6877-3865, University of Illinois Chicago, autor de correspondencia)
Año2008
Volumen2008
Número1
Páginas218-233
Fecha de publicación2008-11-01
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaEthnographic Praxis in Industry Conference Proceedings (CONFERENCE)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1559-890X • E-ISSN: 1559-8918
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1559-8918.2008.tb00107.x
OpenAlexW2162452319
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas10

Framed by the idea that ethnography is a trans-disciplinary praxis, this paper adopts Alan Barnard's framework of the theory as questions, assumptions, methods, and evidence (QAME) to compare how ethnographic praxis is approached across the domains of anthropology, marketing, and design. The companies Intel, Cheskin, and IDEO serve as exemplars for each domain, respectively. Through a content analysis of academic journals and popular media, the paper explores the discursive meanings of ethnography as a "boundary object" across many domains. The paper concludes with how Barnard's QAME framework can be used to make visible ethnography's multiple meanings so that practitioners can improve interdisciplinary collaborations within organizations and better articulate ethnography's value to business

Boundary object · Discipline · Domain (mathematical analysis · Epistemology · Ethnography · Linguistics · Object (grammar · Praxis · Social science · Sociology · Value (mathematics · Anthropology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Computer Science · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Management and Organizational Studies · Mathematics · Philosophy

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