Digital ethnography can be understood as a method for representing real-life cultures through storytelling in Digital media.
ELAYNE ZORN (deceased) was Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Central Florida and author of Weaving a Future: Tourism, Cloth, and Culture on an Andean Island..
Underberg is Associate Professor of Digital Media and Folklore in the University of Central Florida School of Visual Arts and Design.
About author(s): NATALIE M.
The authors powerfully remind us that the study of culture is as much about affective traits of feeling and sensing as it is about cognition--an approach facilitated (not hindered) by the Digital age.
One of the few books in its field to address the Digital divide among researchers, Digital Ethnography guides readers through the extraordinary potential for enrichment offered by technological resources, far from restricting research to quantitative methods usually associated with technology.
In addition, new Media tools such as database development and XML coding are explored and explained, bridging the literature on cyber-ethnography with inspiring examples such as blending cultural heritage with computer games.
Web links to multiMedia examples are included as well, including projects, design documents, and other relevant materials related to the planning and execution of Digital ethnography projects.
Integrating insights from cultural anthropology, folklore, Digital humanities, and Digital heritage studies, this work brims with case studies that provide in-depth discussions of applied projects.
A guide for anyone in the social sciences who seeks to enrich ethnographic techniques, Digital Ethnography offers a groundbreaking approach that utilizes interactive components to simulate cultural narratives.
Enabling audiences to go beyond absorbing facts, computer-based storytelling allows for immersion in the experience of another culture.
Digital ethnography can be understood as a method for representing real-life cultures through storytelling in Digital media
