Doing Ethnography in AirSpace
The Promise and Danger of 'Frictionless' Global Research
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5948096 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Hoy (Stripe Partners, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 2018 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 23-37 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-01 |
| 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 | 10.1111/1559-8918.2018.01194 |
| OpenAlex | W2913990029 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
AirSpace', according to Kyle Chayka, is the increasingly homogenized experience of the western(ized) business traveller, driven by major tech platforms (including Google, Airbnb and Uber.) As international travellers, ethnographers must account for the impact of AirSpace on their research practice. After delineating the concept of AirSpace the paper posits three dangers ethnographers must negotiate: (1) The cost of control: AirSpace offers researchers control, but can narrow the scope of research (2) The risk of superficiality: AirSpace provides shortcuts to cultural understanding, but can limit deeper comprehension (3) The assumption of equivalence: AirSpace provides shared reference points, but can create the illusion of equivelance with research subjects. By exploring these three dangers the paper invites readers to reflect on their own research practice and consider how to utilize the benefits of these platforms while mitigating the issues outlined
Aeronautics · Control (management · Ethnography · Negotiation · Operations research · Scope (computer science · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture · Computer Science · Engineering · Focus Groups and Qualitative Methods · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Artificial Intelligence
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |