Design Ethnography Epistemology and Methodology

This open access book describes methods for research on and research through design. It posits that ethnography is an appropriate method for design research because it constantly orients itself, like design projects, towards social realities. In research processes, designers acquire project-specific...

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Main Author: Müller, Francis (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2021
Series:SpringerBriefs in Anthropology
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