[Air-L] Software/Platform/Architecture studies methodologies?

[Deborah Lupton]

Mike Michael and I have done some work using design/cultural probes and
hands-on activities to investigate public understandings of personal
digital dataveilance. I am having a lot of fun at the moment experimenting
with design sociology methods.

An article on this study can be found here:
https://ojs.library.queensu.ca/index.php/surveillance-and-society/article/view/whos_data

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 6:52 AM, Tracey P. Lauriault <tlauriau at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Greetings all;
>
> I am looking for research methodologies to study things like data flow
> lines, systems, platforms, following data trails, IoT and data, etc.
>
> Things like:
>
>    - Applied theory
>    - Walkthrough methods
>    - Ethnographic (of systems/orgs/platforms but not of social media)
>    - and etc.
>
> We have lots of great theory, but hard to find some research methods.  Any
> intel would be most helpful.
>
> At the moment it is about looking at utility and transportation grids and
> meters and sensors in a smart city context. But it could also be something
> similar in a precision agriculture context.
>
> Cheerio
> t
>
> --
> *Tracey P. Lauriault*
>
> Assistant Professor
> Critical Media Studies and Big Data
> Communication Studies
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>
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