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| SONIC? |
Mini-Lecture/Second Half Intro:
Acoustics: What?
How does sound work? How does it work in your body? How does it work in space?
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| "Resonant Chamber", RTVR Architects |
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| Royal Festival Hall, London, England, Earth - Matthew and Martin Architects |
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| Anne Kyyro Quinn |
What to do for next week: Assignment 5
How crazy can it get? Check out: "Resonant Chamber" by RTVR
Get re-familiarized with Grasshopper,
Lecture 1:Ethnography:Culturally Constrained Design.
Definition: Ethnography: The study and systematic recording of human cultures. - Maid Merriam-Webster
A subset of:
Function: [Ethnography] should be reflexive, make a substantial contribution toward the understanding of the social life of humans, have an aesthetic impact, and express a credible reality. It observes the world from the point of view of the subject (not the participant ethnographer), records all observed behavior and describes all symbol-meaning relations using concepts that avoid casual explanations. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnography#Classic_virtues
?Science or Art?
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| Both! Like Architecture! That guy's name is Art---> What's up Art!? |
Methods:
Passive Observation
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| I read a book about beards! |
-No detail too small, leave no stone unturned
-External and internal observation (how are you feeling?)
-Hiking? Anyone?
-Examine artifacts by placing yourself in their shoes
-Read first hands/autobios
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| How much can we learn from this cover? |
-Watch documentaries
-Research organizations
-Shop where they shop
-Go do it…alone!
-Spy…Hawthorne effect
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| Liu Bolin |
Active Observation
-Participate with the culture
-Immersion
-Shadowing
-Guided Tours (behind the scenes: protected spaces)
-Go do it! Participate/Respect Privacy/Gain Trust
-Memories/Stories/Anecdotal evidence
Interviews
-Quotes
-Anecdotes
Prepared (Hawthorne...)
-List
-Strategy
-if _____, then _______
-else ________
-Helps interviewer reduce memory load
-Surveys (Hawthorne…again)
Opportunistic
-Story telling
-In Situ
Respect Privacy!
-Have stock questions
-the "Elevator Pitch"
Data
Individuals vs Groups
-Multiple input = rich data
-Groups can be susceptible to bias (Hawthorne…yup)/Individuals less so.
-Quantitative/Qualitative lines are blurred
-Coding (quantifying seemingly qualitative data)
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| Yes, I studied backpacks….in grad school. Let that be a lesson to you. |
Bottom Line
No room for BIAS. Be prepared to shed your assumptions.
?Can places be understood through Ethnography?
?Can materials be understood through Ethnography?
See assignments 2 and 3 to exercise these skills.
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