Jacob Buur
Biographic Data
| ID | 3567193 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacob Buur |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacob |
| FAMILY NAME | Buur |
| SIGNATURE | BUUR J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Southern Denmark |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3320-1031 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Theory Instruments as Tangible Ways of Knowing
While ethnographers and the data they produce already play a role in affecting industry practices, there is potential to integrate anthropological ways of seeing and knowing into a shared transdisciplinary design praxis. In a series of design research experiments, we have taken a pragmatic and playful approach to physicalizing theory. The result is a set of 'Theory Instruments' that transform theory into tangible interaction. Theory Instruments s…
Anticipating Connectivity in (UX) Design Practices: Reframing Challenges by Introducing Theory Cards
This paper presents a design anthropological study with User Experience design departments from five large companies in Denmark, ranging from manufacturers of medical equipment through toys to control systems for industrial infrastructures We explore the challenges they face as products, services, and user research are increasingly connected. Our research shows that current methods, development processes, and organizational structures do not suff…
Physicalizations of Big Data in Ethnographic Context
With the Big Data hype, making digital data accessible and relatable for non-data experts is becoming an increasing challenge. In this paper we suggest Data Physicalization as a novel approach to facilitate conversations with collaborators about the meaning of data. While this challenge has been approached with data visualizations before, we propose that Data Physicalizations can bring stronger engagement and even more depth to the data than visu…
Reconciling Energy Cost With a Comfortable Indoor Climate: A Practice-Oriented Design Perspective
This paper argues that comfort is a social practice, rather than a stable condition caused by controllable indoor climate parameters. It is based on ethnographic field research in different types of Danish dwelling, which brought to light six comfort practices formulated to inspire the design and engineering of indoor climates and environments. The concept of comfort practices is of major importance when the goal is to change private energy consu…
Ethnographic findings in the organizational theatre
In the quest for engaging ethnographic insight in organizations on a more fundamental level than mere 'innovation drivers', theatre offers ways of triggering a change in conversations through emotional engagement. This paper discusses the impact of using theatre with professional actors to convey the outcome of ethnographic 'user studies' to industry and academia. In a project on indoor climate control with five company partners, the field studie…
Designing with video: Focusing the User-Centred Design Process
Ethnography as Design Provocation
In this paper, we present our experience in sharing ethnographic material with engineers that have a very different perception of technology and the role of its users. Rather than convey findings' in a rational argument, we have experimented with formats where the role of the ethnography is to provoke engineers to reframe their perception of new designs. Based on four design encounters (workshops) from two different design projects completed in i…
Ethnography as Design Provocation
In this paper, we present our experience in sharing ethnographic material with engineers that have a very different perception of technology and the role of its users. Rather than convey findings' in a rational argument, we have experimented with formats where the role of the ethnography is to provoke engineers to reframe their perception of new designs. Based on four design encounters (workshops) from two different design projects completed in i…
Physicalizations of Big Data in Ethnographic Context
With the Big Data hype, making digital data accessible and relatable for non-data experts is becoming an increasing challenge. In this paper we suggest Data Physicalization as a novel approach to facilitate conversations with collaborators about the meaning of data. While this challenge has been approached with data visualizations before, we propose that Data Physicalizations can bring stronger engagement and even more depth to the data than visu…
Anticipating Connectivity in (UX) Design Practices: Reframing Challenges by Introducing Theory Cards
This paper presents a design anthropological study with User Experience design departments from five large companies in Denmark, ranging from manufacturers of medical equipment through toys to control systems for industrial infrastructures We explore the challenges they face as products, services, and user research are increasingly connected. Our research shows that current methods, development processes, and organizational structures do not suff…
Designing with video: Focusing the User-Centred Design Process
Ethnography as Design Provocation
In this paper, we present our experience in sharing ethnographic material with engineers that have a very different perception of technology and the role of its users. Rather than convey findings' in a rational argument, we have experimented with formats where the role of the ethnography is to provoke engineers to reframe their perception of new designs. Based on four design encounters (workshops) from two different design projects completed in i…
Ethnographic findings in the organizational theatre
In the quest for engaging ethnographic insight in organizations on a more fundamental level than mere 'innovation drivers', theatre offers ways of triggering a change in conversations through emotional engagement. This paper discusses the impact of using theatre with professional actors to convey the outcome of ethnographic 'user studies' to industry and academia. In a project on indoor climate control with five company partners, the field studie…
Reconciling Energy Cost With a Comfortable Indoor Climate: A Practice-Oriented Design Perspective
This paper argues that comfort is a social practice, rather than a stable condition caused by controllable indoor climate parameters. It is based on ethnographic field research in different types of Danish dwelling, which brought to light six comfort practices formulated to inspire the design and engineering of indoor climates and environments. The concept of comfort practices is of major importance when the goal is to change private energy consu…
Physicalizations of Big Data in Ethnographic Context
With the Big Data hype, making digital data accessible and relatable for non-data experts is becoming an increasing challenge. In this paper we suggest Data Physicalization as a novel approach to facilitate conversations with collaborators about the meaning of data. While this challenge has been approached with data visualizations before, we propose that Data Physicalizations can bring stronger engagement and even more depth to the data than visu…
Anticipating Connectivity in (UX) Design Practices: Reframing Challenges by Introducing Theory Cards
This paper presents a design anthropological study with User Experience design departments from five large companies in Denmark, ranging from manufacturers of medical equipment through toys to control systems for industrial infrastructures We explore the challenges they face as products, services, and user research are increasingly connected. Our research shows that current methods, development processes, and organizational structures do not suff…
Theory Instruments as Tangible Ways of Knowing
While ethnographers and the data they produce already play a role in affecting industry practices, there is potential to integrate anthropological ways of seeing and knowing into a shared transdisciplinary design praxis. In a series of design research experiments, we have taken a pragmatic and playful approach to physicalizing theory. The result is a set of 'Theory Instruments' that transform theory into tangible interaction. Theory Instruments s…
Computer Science (5 works) · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Ethnography (4 works) · Human–computer interaction (3 works) · Information Systems Theories and Implementation (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Cognitive reframing (2 works) · Design Education and Practice (2 works)