skills and relationships: defining the training of future practitioners

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WORKSHOPS EPIC 2013 Proceedings, ISBN 978-1-931303-21-7. © 2013 by the American Anthropological Association. Some rights reserved 421 This workshop will (1) examine three mobile ethnography apps and how they aid the research process (2) use these apps to kick-off a group discussion on the type of tooling capabilities needed by practitioners, (3) explore industry trends and topics in the area of quantified self and their potential impact on ethnographic approaches. Proliferation of mobile self-tracking / monitoring apps and sensors are creating new opportunities for ethnographic research. Mobile tools designed to aid the research process are also emerging. At the same time, parallel market trends (e.g., quantified self) are evolving, creating opportunities for new business models and innovative consumer relationships that can also help ethnographic research. Thinking with your hands DOERTE (DOTTI) TOELLNER VIRGINIE GAILING Point-Blank International GmbH We’re inviting conference participants to step out of the cognitive space and ‚craft’ rather than‚ think’ innovation. In prototyping together we’ll experience the potential merits of Design Thinking – without lecturing. In our workshop, mini-teams generate their own interpretations of the challenges introduced at EPIC in the form of haptic-collective prototypes. BUT, teams will have to work together in complete silence. This means flexing their non-verbal communication skills, & stepping out of the language-dominated ‘conference mode’. Skills and relationships: defining the training of future practitioners STEFANA BROADBENT University College London In this panel we explore what are the mutual responsibilities of academic programs and industry partners in developing a shared field of practice. A senior group of academics and practitioners will discuss what are the pressing needs for training in the private and public sectors and how should academic programs respond to them. But we also examine whether the theoretical and ethical frameworks of academic research can be applied to other research frameworks attempting to grapple with the question of how the ethnographic method changes as it moves between contexts.

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Page 1: Skills and relationships: defining the training of future practitioners

WORKSHOPS

EPIC 2013 Proceedings, ISBN 978-1-931303-21-7. © 2013 by the American Anthropological Association. Some rights reserved 421

This workshop will (1) examine three mobile ethnography apps and how they aid the research process (2) use these apps to kick-off a group discussion on the type of tooling capabilities needed by practitioners, (3) explore industry trends and topics in the area of quantified self and their potential impact on ethnographic approaches. Proliferation of mobile self-tracking / monitoring apps and sensors are creating new opportunities for ethnographic research. Mobile tools designed to aid the research process are also emerging. At the same time, parallel market trends (e.g., quantified self) are evolving, creating opportunities for new business models and innovative consumer relationships that can also help ethnographic research. Thinking with your hands

DOERTE (DOTTI) TOELLNER VIRGINIE GAILING Point-Blank International GmbH

We’re inviting conference participants to step out of the cognitive space and ‚craft’ rather than‚ think’ innovation. In prototyping together we’ll experience the potential merits of Design Thinking – without lecturing. In our workshop, mini-teams generate their own interpretations of the challenges introduced at EPIC in the form of haptic-collective prototypes. BUT, teams will have to work together in complete silence. This means flexing their non-verbal communication skills, & stepping out of the language-dominated ‘conference mode’. Skills and relationships: defining the training of future practitioners

STEFANA BROADBENT University College London

In this panel we explore what are the mutual responsibilities of academic programs and industry partners in developing a shared field of practice. A senior group of academics and practitioners will discuss what are the pressing needs for training in the private and public sectors and how should academic programs respond to them. But we also examine whether the theoretical and ethical frameworks of academic research can be applied to other research frameworks attempting to grapple with the question of how the ethnographic method changes as it moves between contexts.