‘Observing’ the Workplace Soundscape: Ethnography and Auditory Interface Design

Autor: Alison Crerar, Catriona Macaulay
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Electronic Workshops in Computing.
ISSN: 1477-9358
DOI: 10.14236/ewic/ad1998.20
Popis: This paper identifies a gap in the research agenda of the auditory display community - the study of work practice and the uses (current and potential) of the workplace 'soundscape'. The paper presents a case study derived from a one year activity theory-oriented ethnographic study of information gathering work at a UK daily newspaper. We consider the soundscape aspects of mediating collaborative activity in the newsroom, and conclude with a discussion of the issues arising from this attempt to utilise ethnographic techniques within the auditory display design domain.
Databáze: OpenAIRE