Methodological considerations in collaborative processes: a case of ethnographic action research

Øien, Turid Borgestrand

doi:10.1108/ijmpb-09-2021-0232

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“…In this sense, AR requires deep explorations of situations and contexts, which is usually achieved by interviewing people. Furthermore, this methodology was integrated with an ethnographic approach, whereby we not only interviewed the managers but also observed their work context and daily practices in an ethnographic mode of inquiry [33]. Based on the interviews and our direct observations, we assigned the selected managers for the gamified workshop, as the role aligned consistently with their daily work activities.…”

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Creating the Culture for Sustainable Innovation: A Gamified Approach

Bellosi,

Spadafora,

Rapaccini

2023

Sustainability

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This research proposes a gamified approach to creating a culture for sustainable-oriented innovation. Specifically, we use action research to explore the mechanisms through which business decision-makers (such as entrepreneurs, executives and managers) reflect on their practices and obstacles to innovation, and then we use gamification to stimulate the involvement and creativity of managers. The main contribution of this paper is the design of a one-day gamified workshop in which participants collaborate first to identify common values and then to drive the co-creation of sustainable innovations. The workshop has been applied with managers of a real company to evaluate its playability and to validate its effectiveness in creating a culture for sustainable innovation.

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Creating the Culture for Sustainable Innovation: A Gamified Approach

Bellosi,

Spadafora,

Rapaccini

2023

Sustainability

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“…The conflicting yet related objectives of N-Lited BLBL comprises a complex and multi-dimensional understanding of light, and it operationalizes different types of knowledge of light in terms of supporting the rehabilitation process, from a quantitative and measured approach to the tacit knowledge of light that is embedded and embodied in both the visually impaired participants' everyday lives [28] and the consultants' practical knowledge [3]. BLBL represents a transition in lighting approaches within the field of LVR that has moved from understanding light from a technical physics standpoint to explaining it as a sensory and social phenomenon of great importance for perception and participation as well as determining individuals' capabilities within their everyday environments.…”

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Lighting assessment in low-vision rehabilitation: Implementing N-Lited

Øien,

Nielsen

2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Lighting assessments have been part of low-vision rehabilitation for decades, but more structured and evidence-based approaches have emerged in recent years. In Denmark, a mixed-method semi-structured protocol for lighting assessment was developed and tested as a pilot study from 2017–2019, and it showed promising results, in that it improved the visually impaired participants’ quality of life. Innovations are often developed in pilot studies, but implementing new approaches across communities of practice poses difficulties due to both individual and organizational norms. N-Lited is an implementation project that entails the dissemination of knowledge and instructions as well as practical trials, and its protocol has been implemented in seven low-vision centers from 2022–2023. Based on participants’ observations, document analysis of the framework, and a midway evaluation that assessed the potential for scalability and diffusion, this paper discusses the learning and change processes in the interpretation and role of the lighting measurements and lighting assessments in this project. Beyond mere instrumental learning, the findings reveal that it is crucial to address how individuals learn how to explore and question the difficulties that reveal mismatches or reconfigurations of values, norms, and assumptions to ensure a successful implementation of the method. The changing role of lighting measurements, from instrumental to more reflective, also illustrates the importance of the practical application and learning-by-doing aspects that are essential for learning how to reflect and “think with the metrics.” Furthermore, metrics and tools are an important part of the community of practice’s shared language. The uncertainty of navigating between the uniformity of the protocol and the flexibility needed for incorporating the method into individual professionals’ practices and the various organizational contexts emphasizes the relevance of the process of learning how to manage methodological innovations in practice.

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Situating the light: Methodology for sensory and spatial fieldwork

Øien,

Ruohonen,

Mathiasen

et al. 2024

IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Sensory perceptions are a novel point of departure for lighting research, where human factors have long been approached through isolated variables and controlled environments. However, informed by philosophy and social sciences and supported by ethnographical methods, researchers and practitioners are gaining new ground in understanding human-environment relations by approaching user perspectives in empirical inquiries. Situating the lighting in spatial settings and sensory experiences is crucial when exploring the dynamics of the changing visual perception of aging and vision loss, and how these phenomena can affect everyday life. Although spatial and sensory perceptions have typically been approached from different positions represented by architects or anthropologists, the following question remains: How can we develop a methodological framework for exploring entwined sensory and spatial experiences? This paper presents the method development process for our upcoming sensory and spatial fieldwork in the project “The role of light when vision changes.” The process is described in autoethnographic narratives, analysis of the technological frames, approaches, and understandings of light represented in the project, and the knowledge gained from testing the developed tools and schemes hands-on in a home environment. The initial findings indicate that both spatial and sensory experiences are interactional, as experiences situated in a specific body interacting with the specific environment it is situated in. Furthermore, in addition to the changes in visual perception, the spatial and luminous characteristics of the indoor and outdoor environments are also dynamic and changing, making the aspects of transitions and thresholds relevant for our upcoming fieldwork. Our hypothesis is that the shared technological frame developed in the project includes the relevant qualitative and quantitative measures that will allow us to make the knowledge of visually impaired participants explicit in ways that will inform and improve future lighting design.

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Methodological considerations in collaborative processes: a case of ethnographic action research

Cited by 4 publications

References 32 publications

Creating the Culture for Sustainable Innovation: A Gamified Approach

Creating the Culture for Sustainable Innovation: A Gamified Approach

Lighting assessment in low-vision rehabilitation: Implementing N-Lited

Situating the light: Methodology for sensory and spatial fieldwork

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