Ethnographic methodologies for construction research: Knowing, practice and interventions

Building Research and Information

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 647-659

  Pink, Sarah ^a   Tutt, Dylan ^b   Dainty, Andrew ^a   Gibb, Alistair ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

construction site; construction workers; ethnographic research; indigenous knowledge; informal practices; knowledge in practice; local knowledge

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION SITES; CONSTRUCTION WORKERS; ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE; INFORMAL PRACTICES; KNOWLEDGE IN PRACTICE; LOCAL KNOWLEDGE;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; RESEARCH;

OCCUPATIONAL RISKS;

EID: 77957907222     PISSN: 09613218     EISSN: 14664321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09613218.2010.512193     Document Type: Article

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