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Digital Ethnography: Computational & multimodal approaches to 8ieldwork and ethnographic representation Wendy Hsu Postdoctoral Fellow Center for Digital Learning & Research Occidental College [email protected] Monday, February 4, 13

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Slides from a skype talk that I gave to a graduate seminar on digital scholarship at University of Oregon. Parts of this talk are taken from my "Digital Ethnography" bog post series at Ethnography Matters: http://ethnographymatters.net/2012/10/27/on-digital-ethnography-part-one-what-do-computers-have-to-do-with-ethnography/

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Digital  Ethnography:  Computational  &  multimodal  approaches  to  8ieldwork  and  ethnographic  representation

Wendy HsuPostdoctoral FellowCenter for Digital Learning & ResearchOccidental College

[email protected]

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How do digital and computational technologies facilitate processes of fieldwork and ethnographic representation?

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field researchdata collectiondata processing

data analysis

Ethnographic representation

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multimodality

augmented empiricism + immersion

scalability

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vertical immersion

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field data collection field data exploration

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A  Taqwacore  Digital  Diaspora  

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A  Taqwacore  Digital  Diaspora  

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What is the geographical distribution of the musicians’ Myspace friends?

What does the musicians’ digital diaspora look like?

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lat lon username location / link iconSize iconOffset icon39.952335 -75.163789 Sunny Ali & the Kid Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.myspace.com/249012225 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png41.850033 -87.6500523 Al-Thawra CHICAGO, Illinois http://www.myspace.com/161456047 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png30.375321 69.345116 Dead Bhuttos Pakistan http://www.myspace.com/182738567 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png31.54505 74.340683 Noble Drew LAHORE, Nehr-o-Nehr http://www.myspace.com/399152518 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png22.277493 114.16824 The Fatsumas starters. http://www.myspace.com/84108530 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png40.7142691 -74.0059729 Michael Muhammad Knight New York http://www.myspace.com/220205473 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png42.299795 -71.426627 Dankill Framingham, Massachusetts http://www.myspace.com/19780 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png42.3875968 -71.0994968 Handsome Chuck somerville, MASSACHUSETTS http://www.myspace.com/24961 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png6.042681 102.1391122 Pompuan_akit_jiwa PasIr-MaS, KelaNtaN, MY http://www.myspace.com/27249 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png47.162494 19.503304 –Øaphael Hungary http://www.myspace.com/40317 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png38.893375 -77.022942 Majda DC Area, Virginia http://www.myspace.com/41488 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png39.7150631 -86.2977342 Andrea Niceschwander we are a brutal kind... http://www.myspace.com/65716 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png32.802955 -96.769923 Alexis Nicole Pimperton Dallas, Texas, US http://www.myspace.com/77352 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png26.640628 -81.8723084 Mo-zilla Ft. Myers, Florida http://www.myspace.com/102945 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png37.8215929 -121.9999606 Osman Danville, CALIFORNIA http://www.myspace.com/103093 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png39.952335 -75.163789 SassyBritches philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.myspace.com/105998 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png40.7159357 -73.9868057 C(see)Squat LOWER EAST SIDE, New York http://www.myspace.com/110390 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png42.3492506 -71.0750332 Amit 02116, Massachusetts http://www.myspace.com/122102 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png40.7364911 -73.8779136 Clay N. Ferno ELMHURST, New York http://www.myspace.com/123247 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png53.4107766 -2.9778383 THRASHGIG LIVERPOOL http://www.myspace.com/129891 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png34.0522342 -118.2436849 Nahal Bahal Los Angeles, California http://www.myspace.com/132615 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png-27.46874 -58.80531 Musicians Exchange RIZATEK http://www.myspace.com/134537 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png36.778261 -119.4179324 Ali Wali SF BAY AREA/LA/OC, CALIFORNIA http://www.myspace.com/145148 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png41.153332 20.168331 Sehej Albania http://www.myspace.com/146522 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png38.4404674 -122.7144314 Dilluminatti Santa Rosa, California, US http://www.myspace.com/151660 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png36.778261 -119.4179324 LSS San Fran ( in delhi for a few) , California, US http://www.myspace.com/164464 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png38.9059849 -77.0334179 saracen dc http://www.myspace.com/191181 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png34.0211224 -118.3964665 Samir Culver City(L.A.), California http://www.myspace.com/201875 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png34.5008311 -117.1858759 Reshma Apple Valley, California http://www.myspace.com/221129 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png36.114646 -115.172816 CHRIS MASSES Las Vegas, Nevada, US http://www.myspace.com/222319 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png40.0583238 -74.4056612 Fuerza Dulce West Staines Massive, New Jersey http://www.myspace.com/257373 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png39.5500507 -105.7820674 in limbo, COLORADO http://www.myspace.com/265905 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png38.2541667 -85.7602778 bigthinc. Louisville, Kentucky http://www.myspace.com/280065 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png37.7141454 -122.25 Miss.Banga San Francisco-Bay Area http://www.myspace.com/290508 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png41.7858629 -88.1472893 d3z Naperville, Illinois, US http://www.myspace.com/290767 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png40.7142691 -74.0059729 JuliaGhoulia NEW YORK http://www.myspace.com/300958 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png38.8951118 -77.0363658 George W Washington D.C. http://www.myspace.com/306065 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png33.7877944 -117.8531119 Your Singaporean Soldier Orange, CALIFORNIA http://www.myspace.com/328555 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png53.7608608 -98.8138763 Omar X Kinnarath The Peg Gritty., Manitoba http://www.myspace.com/330034 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png42.6334247 -71.3161718 jonathan Lowell, Massachusetts http://www.myspace.com/342176 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png37.826325 -81.142507 Pulin (believes in you) Veganville, Virginia, US http://www.myspace.com/354312 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png25.7742657 -80.1936589 J Miami, Florida http://www.myspace.com/359596 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png42.3094288 -71.0854325 Steve Theo Boston/Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS http://www.myspace.com/404205 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png33.530904 -117.7738916 The Legend of SWITCHBLAAliso Viejo (1503), California, US http://www.myspace.com/40687121,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png34.0423446 -118.3461948 KillRadio.org Non-Corporate Media From the Heart of Los Angeles http://www.myspace.com/407004 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png42.6055893 -83.1499304 Reena Evita Troy, MICHIGAN http://www.myspace.com/413644 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png41.9028099 -87.7208896 bradley Humboldt Park, Chicago, Illinois http://www.myspace.com/434741 21,25 -10,-25 http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png

Geocoding...Monday, February 4, 13

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Geospatial VisualizationMap link: http://beingwendyhsu.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kominasmap.html

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web text

geo-spatial

visual

multimodality

data

webscraping

mapping

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horizontal immersion

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deepening the sensory engagement

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working with sounds

in visual terms

multimodality scalability

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Ethnographic Representation

thinking beyond the monograph

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multimodality

algorithmically determined modes of display

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multimodal ethnographic site authored by Kim ChristenMonday, February 4, 13

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questions?

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