| The primary aim of the
project was to address the theoretical,
methodological and empirical
implications of undertaking substantive qualitative research
that exploited the full possibilities of contemporary information
and communication technologies. The project engaged in a sustained
period of multimodal ethnographic fieldwork at an interactive
science discovery centre, and sought to explore the issues
involved in developing an integrated, digital, hypermedia
environment for data collection, analysis and authoring in
qualitative research. The project was primarily methodological,
and thus this report focuses on the contribution to methodological
understanding.
The project aimed to:
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produce a theoretically informed appraisal of digital
technology in qualitative social research;
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document the opportunities and costs of multimedia approaches
to the design, conduct, analysis and representation of
qualitative work;
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create an advanced hypermedia environment for the implementation
of digital ethnography, contribute to UK research capacity
building by developing demonstration materials and interactive
tutorials in digital ethnography;
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build upon previous ESRC-funded work on hypermedia for
ethnography.
The project built directly on two previous ESRC funded projects
held at Cardiff: Microcomputing for Qualitative Data Analysis
and The Production of Hypermedia
Ethnography.
Destinations
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