Cultural probes

I've been thinking about some ethnographic approaches to information gathering and
have come across cultural probes.

I understand the basic concept of getting participants to use the probe pack to record
details about their day/task/whatever you are studying.

However, are cultural probes only used, as the title suggests, to gather information
about culture or can they be used to gather information about activities? I guess I can
use a probe pack for whatever I want, depending on the goals of the study, ethics etc,
but is it still called a cultural probe if it isn't aimed at culture...

Sorry if this is vague - still thinking through it.

Donna Maurer

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