Putting ethnography to work: the case for a cognitive ethnography of design

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 147-168

  Ball, Linden J ^a   Ormerod, Thomas C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

COGNITIVE ETHNOGRAPHY; PROTOTYPICAL ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDIES;

COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK;

EID: 0034226679     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.2000.0372     Document Type: Article

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