Computational ethnography: a case of COVID-19’s methodological consequences

Anders K. Munk; Brit Ross Winthereik

doi:10.1007/978-981-16-7084-8_10

Computational ethnography: a case of COVID-19’s methodological consequences

Anders K. Munk
, Brit Ross Winthereik

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Abstract

Reflecting on a methodological experiment, we discuss the use of computational techniques in anthropology. The experiment was based on a collaborative effort by a team of ethnographers to produce an archive on the digitalisation of everyday life that took place during the COVID-19 pandemic. We describe how online ethnographic data collection took place using digitally mediated interviews, participant observation in virtual events, and mobile ethnography. We analyse the consequences of online ethnography for establishing rapport and present steps taken to create an infrastructure for navigating ethnographic material comprising more than 3000 pages of text generated by multiple ethnographers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook for the Anthropology of Technology
Editors	Maja Hoejer Bruun, Cathrine Hasse, Klaus Hoeyer, Ayo Wahlberg, Rachel Douglas-Jones, Dorte Brogaard Kristensen, Brit Ross Winthereik
Number of pages	14
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date	24 Mar 2022
Pages	201-214
ISBN (Print)	978-981-16-7083-1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-981-16-7084-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-7084-8_10
Publication status	Published - 24 Mar 2022

Keywords

Digital anthropology
Online ethnography
Collaboration
methods
Experiment in infrastructure

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Computational ethnography: a case of COVID-19’s methodological consequences. / Munk, Anders K.; Winthereik, Brit Ross.
Handbook for the Anthropology of Technology. ed. / Maja Hoejer Bruun; Cathrine Hasse; Klaus Hoeyer; Ayo Wahlberg; Rachel Douglas-Jones; Dorte Brogaard Kristensen; Brit Ross Winthereik. Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. p. 201-214.

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