Seeing It from Other Eyes

How First-Person Data Reshapes the Role of the Applied Ethnographer

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5948003
AutoresMaria Cury (0000-0002-8937-9146, ReD Associates), Eryn Whitworth (Meta Reality Labs Research), Ariel Abonizio (ReD Associates), Gabriel Coren (ReD Associates), Maya Potter (ReD Associates), Michael J Potter (0009-0000-1757-6047), Tamara Moellenberg (ReD Associates), Mikkel Krenchel (ReD Associates)
Año2024
Volumen2024
Número1
Páginas277-316
Fecha de publicación2024-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
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/epic.12206
OpenAlexW4407381665
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas22

This paper argues that first-person data-video, audio, and other data that is recorded from the research participants' point of view through wearable technology-affords new possibilities for anthropology and the social sciences to capture and work with longitudinal, immersive, behavioral data at scale. We position first-person data capture as an ethnographic method, complimentary and adjacent to others. Collecting detailed data on what people see, hear and experience through wearable technology opens a new way of understanding people, communities, and societies that has the potential to fundamentally change the social sciences as researchers gain access to nuanced, real-time interactions and behaviors. We also show the value of ethnography in informing the development of wearable technology, as well as engineering and research to develop next-generation technology across areas like computer vision and foundational AI. The paper draws on a series of projects the authors conducted for Meta Reality Labs Research during 2018-2024, which resulted in 1000+ hours of first-person footage that were analyzed alongside participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and diary studies

Ethnography · Sociology · Anthropology · Data Analysis and Archiving · Medicine · Participatory Visual Research Methods · Psychology · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Optometry