Ethnographic research

  • Looking at peoples' every day lives and behaviors—understand what motivates them.
  • Researchers observe and/or interact with a study's participants in their real-life environment.
  • Focus on developing an understanding of the design problem.
  • Entails examining
  • Timeline:
    • Beginning of the project. Learnings are used to support future design decisions.
  • Cons:
    • Can be time consuming.
  • Methods:
  • Research::
Ethnographic research
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