The Ethnographer Unbounded
Considering open source in corporate environments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5948045 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicole Conand (San Jose State University), Alicia Dornadic |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 2012 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 88-100 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference Proceedings (CONFERENCE) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1559-890X • E-ISSN: 1559-8918 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1559-8918.2012.00011.x |
| OpenAlex | W2104349412 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Technological advances that enable seemingly endless information sharing, as well as various counter efforts that attempt to limit and control access to information, have prompted us to reexamine how industry-based practitioners of ethnography promulgate their research. A comparison of two distinct professional experiences reveals how varying degrees of information "openness" impact ethnographic work. One occurs within a large corporation in which research is proprietary and confidential. The second is an open source project supported by a Knight Foundation grant. In doing so, we aim to discern which elements of open source ethnography have beneficial applications in corporate environments. We present a "layering model," as well as a set of questions to consider, as a way of determining which aspects of ethnographic research should be shared and with whom
Business · Confidentiality · Corporation · Documentation · Ethnography · Knight · Knowledge management · Openness to experience · Political science · Public relations · Set (abstract data type · Sociology · Work (physics · Anthropology · Computer Science · Engineering · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Wikis in Education and Collaboration
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |