Short‐Term Ethnography: Intense Routes to Knowing

Pink, Sarah; Morgan, Jennie

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“…This knowledge will provide a foundation for appreciating the co-creation of organizational learning through information management. Additionally, I embrace the focused or short-term ethnographic research approach because I aim at exploring in depth the academic library managers' perspectives of the management and use of information within their organizations (Pink and Morgan, 2013;Randall, Harper and Rouncefield, 2007;Knoblaugh, 2005). I argue that short-term ethnography is inspired by traditional ethnography and it is an alternative way to apply ethnographic studies in order to understand people and the environment in which they live or work in.…”

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Information Management as a tool for organizational learning in academic libraries : Summarized Research Proposal

Chatzipanagiotou

2017

Dilemmas 2015 Papers From the 18th Annual International Conference Dilemmas for Human Services: Organizing, Designing and Manag

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In this paper, I briefly present my doctoral thesis research proposal. Recognizing that information has long been an important asset for any organization, I wish to explore in depth the management and use of information in contemporary information-intensive organizations such as academic libraries. Additionally, this research proposal emerges out of recognition that the academic library is a dynamic, living information and knowledge creation organization. Fulfillment of this potential requires that information processes are integrated in the academic library's daily work life in order to contribute to organizational learning. However, the literature confirms that while academic library managers manage and use information as a commodity, they do not manage and use it as an asset for their organization which could lead to organizational learning. Through a systems thinking approach and drawing on the theories of information management, organizational knowledge creation and organizational learning, this interpretive ethnographic research study wishes to explore the perceptions of academic library managers regarding the management and use of information for the better operation and development of their organization. This research proposal serves as a starting point for an exploratory research study on Information Management that can contribute to organizational learning in academic library organizations.

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Information Management as a tool for organizational learning in academic libraries : Summarized Research Proposal

Chatzipanagiotou

2017

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“…The short-term ethnographies focused on the 'intense encounter' (Pink and Morgan, 2013) and enabled us to explore understandings, perceptions, and actual practices that are not so easily explored using non-ethnographic methods, for instance, because they are unspoken or taken for granted elements of everyday working life. Research activities were collaborative and participatory, providing reflexive opportunities for participants to 'tell' as well as 'show' us how they 'knew how' to work in safe and healthy ways.…”

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Occupational safety and health and smaller organisations: research challenges and opportunities

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Policy and Practice in Health and Safety

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“…In this instance, an ethnographic approach permitted deep understanding of the everyday practices of teachers and their use of digital technologies. Focused Ethnography, also known as a shortterm approach (Knoblauch, 2005;Pink & Morgan, 2013), was used to gather large amount of data within an shorter, however more intense periods of field studies (Knoblauch, 2005;Pink and Morgan, 2013).…”

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Dilemmas in Teachers’ Use of Digital Technologies in Everyday School Practice

Salavati

2017

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Major investments in Sweden have equipped schools with digital technologies. However, the digital technologies are, reportedly, not being used to support everyday teaching and learning practices. Rather, the digital technologies are mainly used as administrative tools. In order to enable teachers to adopt and use digital technologies, it is crucial to understand their worldviews and their everyday practice, as well as external influences and underlying perspectives.In response, this paper discusses dilemmas associated with teachers' everyday practice using digital technologies. The research methodologies included a Focused Ethnographic approach complemented by Soft Systems Methodology, especially Rich Pictures. Results provide rich context for appreciating the complex dilemmas experienced by four teachers, two school leaders, three representatives from the Department of Education and the head of the municipal IT unit, who together constituted the informants for this research.

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Short‐Term Ethnography: Intense Routes to Knowing

Cited by 399 publications

References 16 publications

Information Management as a tool for organizational learning in academic libraries : Summarized Research Proposal

Information Management as a tool for organizational learning in academic libraries : Summarized Research Proposal

Occupational safety and health and smaller organisations: research challenges and opportunities

Dilemmas in Teachers’ Use of Digital Technologies in Everyday School Practice

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