Re: Cultural probes

We used a cultural probe in a design studio class to assess how technology
could be sensitively applied to a museum's fine arts gallery. It proved
useful to understand questions of experience within a culturally-laden
setting. We used the results to construct personae of museum-goers. It
was a key research tool that drove our final design solution.

Good luck!

-John

On Fri, 5 Dec 2003, Donna Maurer wrote:

> 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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