[Air-L] Looking for recommendatio of Apps for doing Ethnography

[Alex Leavitt]

Heidi, you'd probably appreciate the "Tools We Use" series over at the
EthnographyMatters blog (right now there are 5 in-depth posts):

http://ethnographymatters.net/category/tools-we-use/

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Alexander Leavitt
PhD Student
USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
http://alexleavitt.com
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On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 3:28 PM, David Nemer <dnemer at indiana.edu> wrote:

> Hi Heidi,
>
> You may find some useful apps for your ethnography here:
> http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/apps.html
>
> During my ethnography I didn't use any apps per se, but I did use the
> Google Glass which turned out to be an amazing tool for taking photos and
> recording interviews... specially in areas such as the slums of Brazil (my
> case).
>
> I have worn it publicly during my fieldwork and the IR13 meeting in Denver.
> To my surprise, my informants in the Favelas were quite comfortable with me
> wearing it, they were also really interested in the gadget... but at IR13 I
> was called names... go figure :-)
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Heidi Campbell <hcampbe1 at yahoo.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> > Howdy! I am looking for recommendations of apps for doing ethnographic
> > work.
> >
> >  I am mapping out a new project and have found there are a growing number
> > of research apps out there for doing qualitative data collection in the
> > field. I am wondering what experience AoIR folks have had with these
> tools,
> > and which ones seem to be the best and most versatile, especially for
> > recording field notes, organizing data and if they seem to work best when
> > using tablets of phone platforms.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Heidi Campbell
> > Associate Professor of Communication
> > Texas A&M University
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