An unorthodox interpretive approach in information systems research: A picture is worth 1000 words

ICIS 2009 Proceedings - Thirtieth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Andrade, Antonio Díaz ^a   Arthanari, Tiru ^a  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Epistemology; Ethnography; Interpretive research; Photographs; Visual data

Indexed keywords

EPISTEMOLOGY; ETHNOGRAPHY; INTERPRETIVE RESEARCH; PHOTOGRAPHS; VISUAL DATA;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PICTURE ARCHIVING AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RESEARCH;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84870967517     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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