Amirpouyan Shiva
Biographic Data
| ID | 4780490 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amirpouyan Shiva |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amirpouyan |
| FAMILY NAME | Shiva |
| SIGNATURE | SHIVA A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Minnesota |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Teaching Ethnographic Writing through Vignettes: An Experiment with a Digital/Material Tool
This article introduces the Random Ethnographic Vignette Printer, an interactive, open-access tool for teaching ethnographic writing. The tool randomly selects and prints vignettes from a curated database, pairing them with reflection prompts and short lessons. Vignettes, as concise, evocative ethnographic narratives, serve as effective entry points for students to develop analytic, descriptive, and reflexive writing skills. By combining digital …
Understanding Users: The Extensions of Expectant Systems
This paper provides an ethnographic understanding of users in the Persian blogosphere through the framework of the carnivalesque. The repertoire of concepts provided by the carnivalesque draws attention to (1) the significance of the material, (2) the dynamic, transforming nature of things, and (3) the possibility of upsetting hierarchies. Drawing upon these insights, ethnographic evidence in this paper suggests that in the Persian blogosphere th…
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Understanding Users: The Extensions of Expectant Systems
This paper provides an ethnographic understanding of users in the Persian blogosphere through the framework of the carnivalesque. The repertoire of concepts provided by the carnivalesque draws attention to (1) the significance of the material, (2) the dynamic, transforming nature of things, and (3) the possibility of upsetting hierarchies. Drawing upon these insights, ethnographic evidence in this paper suggests that in the Persian blogosphere th…
Teaching Ethnographic Writing through Vignettes: An Experiment with a Digital/Material Tool
This article introduces the Random Ethnographic Vignette Printer, an interactive, open-access tool for teaching ethnographic writing. The tool randomly selects and prints vignettes from a curated database, pairing them with reflection prompts and short lessons. Vignettes, as concise, evocative ethnographic narratives, serve as effective entry points for students to develop analytic, descriptive, and reflexive writing skills. By combining digital …
Ethnography (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Blogosphere (1 works) · Carnivalesque (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Digital Media and Philosophy (1 works) · Function (biology (1 works)