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

[Samantha Close]

Hi Tracey and folks,

I'd take a look at Mary Gray and Siddharth Suri's work on crowd labor:
http://www.inthecrowd.org/publications/ They did a mix of ethnography and
big data analysis, so their methodology is very cool. If you're interested
in going the ethnography route, I'm writing my dissertation on crafting
platforms (Etsy & Ravelry) and the folks who work on them into a book at
the moment and would be happy to chat.

Sam

On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 3:52 PM, 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
>
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