Distributed Ethnography

Ethnography Part I (by Dave Snowden)

Ethnography Part II (by Dave Snowden)

We are never more than the co-authors of our own narratives.” (MacIntyre, 1981).

• The stories we tell are a fundamental patterning device through which we understand the world and, therefore, capturing these narratives provide a rich and valuable set of research data.
• Rather than focusing on fully constructed stories, the distributed ethnographic tool captures fragmented narrative, everyday conversations, in their original form and context.