Ethnography and the digital scenario

A typological scheme of differences and evolutionary trajectories

Bibliographic Data

ID16948383
AuthorsGiuseppe Michele Padricelli (0000-0003-3096-1104, University of Naples Federico II), Gabriella Punziano (0000-0001-8783-2712, University of Naples Federico II, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume8
Pages1037359-1037359
Publication date2023-06-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFrontiers in Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2297-7775 • E-ISSN: 2297-7775
PublisherFrontiers Media SA (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3389/fsoc.2023.1037359
PMID37346265
OpenAlexW4379520149
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited27

The ethnographic method has been a feature of the social sciences since its inception, and for some disciplines, it is markedly characterized by a strong aptitude for physical field research over extended periods in circumscribed communities. However, with the advent of the digital age, this process has undergone further acceleration, upsetting and partly undermining the solid assumptions on which the ethnographic method had been formed, precisely because in the digital scenario, the assumptions of boundaries of contexts, the agency of scenario, and the need for a long-term field investigation change radically. This conceptual analysis aims at providing an overview of the trajectory of the evolution of ethnographic studies in social sciences by trying to trace the main pillars of change and the future direction of the method

Epistemology · Ethnography · Social science · Sociology · Trajectory · Anthropology · Computer Science · Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction · Mathematics · Sharing Economy and Platforms · Artificial Intelligence

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