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{"title":"Smelling Fear: How Tattooing Inspired Me to Explain Sensation","authors":"DUSTIN KISKADDON","doi":"10.1111/epic.12177","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/epic.12177","url":null,"abstract":"<p>I harness my experience as a tattoo artist to affirm the power of bodies and sensation in ethnography. The talk begins with a moment—me tattooing someone who grows silent, pale, and sweaty. I didn't know he was about to puke, but my mentor did, even though he was six feet away. How did he know, and I didn't?</p><p>It's because he could read the sensory cues of his environment. Over time, he learned to detect tiny changes in body odor and, more importantly, to use these changes to succeed at work. I had to do the same thing—or else make permanent mistakes while tattooing the squirming bodies of strangers for money.</p><p>As Simon Roberts teaches: Humans variously feel, touch, see, hear, and smell their way through the world. Each job, sport, or culture demands a localized form of sensory knowledge. People new to any scene develop this knowledge through exposure and experience, a process sociologists call “sensory socialization.” I affirm the need to explain sensory socialization and wonder aloud: How does this need play-out across ethnographic practices? Are we (and our stakeholders) getting or missing the messages?</p>","PeriodicalId":89347,"journal":{"name":"Conference proceedings. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference","volume":"2023 1","pages":"406"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252466","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Uncommon Good: Making Room for Radical Transition Imaginaries","authors":"AZRA SUNGU,&nbsp;WESLYNNE ASHTON,&nbsp;MAURA SHEA,&nbsp;LAURA FORLANO","doi":"10.1111/epic.12169","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/epic.12169","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>Public, social and community organizations are, in many locales, driving systems change toward social and economic equity, and environmental justice. But their visions for what achieving systems change should look like and what it will take to realize them are as diverse as the organizations pursuing them. Organizational coalitions are spaces where diverse groups converge to negotiate their distinct transition imaginaries: “collectively held, institutionally stabilized, and publicly performed visions of desirable futures” (Jasanoff and Kim 2015, 153) that suggest economic, social, and natural arrangements for the common good. These negotiations aim for reaching a shared purpose and set of goals that can guide the collective efforts. However, focusing on high-level goals without contending with the diverse values and ethics that the collectives uphold can lead to a superficial and performative alignment that overshadows critical tensions, or worse, reinforcement of dominant ways of thinking that are at the root cause of the issues. As an alternative, manifesting diverse imaginaries can help uncover the diverse interpretations of futures suggested by high-level transition goals, and move beyond the dominant narratives of progress towards more radical, yet actionable transition visions.</p>\u0000 <p>This article proposes a design-driven collaborative sensemaking approach for manifesting the diverse transition imaginaries in emerging coalitions as a means to create more inclusive and pluralistic transition visions. We utilize narratives as a mechanism through which designers can uncover the distinct imaginaries that drive the existing initiatives, understand the tensions between the values and ethics underpinning these imaginaries, and activate alternative imaginaries in collective negotiations of transitions. We propose that, by employing discourse analysis in combination with design tools, transition practitioners can more meaningfully engage with alternative value systems and mindsets.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":89347,"journal":{"name":"Conference proceedings. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference","volume":"2023 1","pages":"288-310"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/epic.12169","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Adding Friction to Mandatory Reporting: The Case for Survivor-Centered Research","authors":"SARAH FATHALLAH,&nbsp;ANNA MYERS,&nbsp;VERÓNICA CARIDAD RABELO","doi":"10.1111/epic.12183","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/epic.12183","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>Mandatory reporting laws require the reporting to a designated government agency of a known or suspected case of abuse or neglect of children, elders, or other dependent adults. While these laws vary, researchers can be mandated to report suspected cases of abuse or neglect under a wide range of circumstances. This paper argues that a survivor-centered and trauma-informed research praxis calls for (1) actively challenging biased or uncritical reporting and the myth of a neutral researcher/mandated reporter, (2) working to minimize avoidable reporting, (3) moving from mandatory reporting to supporting, and (4) using harm reduction strategies to center survivors at all stages. Ultimately, a survivor-centered approach to mandatory reporting in research means valuing the consent and agency of those who will live with the life-altering consequences of researcher-made reports.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":89347,"journal":{"name":"Conference proceedings. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference","volume":"2023 1","pages":"466-490"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/epic.12183","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Local Frictions in the Energy Transition: Design Anthropology for the Emergence of Energy Communities","authors":"GIJS VAN LEEUWEN,&nbsp;ABHIGYAN SINGH","doi":"10.1111/epic.12167","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/epic.12167","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>Working in an interdisciplinary consortium aiming to design an innovative smart energy system in Amsterdam, we report on frictions encountered in ethnographic fieldwork. These frictions pertain to the invisibility of energy infrastructure and the resulting lack of a relatable narrative, people's past experiences with public participation in the energy transition, and conflicting time horizons of long-term policy goals with people's short-term concerns. We reflect on the starting assumptions of the project in which this study is embedded, noting how the typical techno-economic framing of renewable energy projects inhibited the building of social connections and rapport within our fieldwork. Using a design anthropology approach, we describe how ethnographers can support the emergence of local energy communities and identify future directions to address the frictions identified. These directions include making energy systems more socially experienceable, design anthropologists mediating between people and institutions, and embedding ethnographic engagements in institutional structures to ensure continuity.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":89347,"journal":{"name":"Conference proceedings. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference","volume":"2023 1","pages":"257-274"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/epic.12167","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Sound of Friction: How to Do Things with Listening","authors":"MICHAEL G. POWELL","doi":"10.1111/epic.12180","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/epic.12180","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>This paper is an examination of ethnographic listening from an ethnographic perspective. Its guiding theme is that while listening is typically understood as a passive method or pathway to receive information and take notice of the world, ethnographic listening is unique and potentially productive. Despite recognizing the foundational nature of listening to our work, professional ethnographers typically do not highlight listening as part of our work. The paper is a prompt and provocation for professional ethnographers to consider new directions and new forms for listening, including directions inspired by the work of artists, musicians, and sonic activists. Specifically, the paper will explore unique ways that ethnographers listen and consider how listening-based methods might be integrated into all steps of a professional research project. Examples of listening-based methodological innovations are documented, as are suggestions for further avenues for creative exploration.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":89347,"journal":{"name":"Conference proceedings. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference","volume":"2023 1","pages":"428-447"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/epic.12180","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252469","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How Friction Led to a More Intentional Stakeholder Feedback Model for a Federal Research Program: Lessons Learned from Returning DNA Results to Our Participants","authors":"BRIANA LANG,&nbsp;JENNIFER SHELLEY,&nbsp;MONICA MEYER,&nbsp;VICTORIA PALACIOS","doi":"10.1111/epic.12165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/epic.12165","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>The All of Us Research Program is dedicated to accelerating health research to enable individualized prevention, treatment, and care for all of us. Since the program's beginning, we have committed to returning research results to our participants, including personalized DNA results. Given the diversity of our participant population and their varied experiences with medical research, we knew returning results would require empathy and diligence. To ensure an inclusive and accessible experience for all participants, we introduced intentional friction by slowing down and soliciting feedback from our participants and other stakeholders. This paper describes the evolution of the “intentional” model for stakeholder feedback that our program will implement and continually improve upon in future initiatives.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":89347,"journal":{"name":"Conference proceedings. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference","volume":"2023 1","pages":"223-240"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/epic.12165","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Navigating Adoption by Global South Users: The Case of Wikimedia Volunteers: Why It Is Important for Global Organizations to Accommodate Inclusive Research Teams","authors":"CAMILLE KRAMER-COURBARIAUX,&nbsp;SASHA E.N.A OFORI,&nbsp;KALAMA HAFISOU","doi":"10.1111/epic.12149","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/epic.12149","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>This case study explores the impact YUX, a pan-African UX research and design agency, had on the Wikimedia Foundation's (WMF) work with volunteer communities in Africa. After an overview of WMF's motivation for focusing on the Global South and a description of the teams and the research methodology, it focuses on the insights that changed how WMF supports its organizer community, and how differences in positionality sparked debate. Key insights include developing non-digital solutions, acknowledging that African participants leverage their volunteer work for personal growth, and addressing the uneven perception of Wikipedia as a neutral source of information.</p>\u0000 <p>Constructive debate arose because the WMF team had little knowledge of Africa, which obliged the African researchers to be comparative-cultural experts and ethical champions. Although the emic perspective had been sought after, ultimately the more complex solutions the research recommended, such as enabling organizers to collect phone numbers, were not prioritized. Other recommendations were followed through on and the research led WMF to launch a community-support group dedicated to African Wikipedia volunteers, and contributed to leveling up how WMF supports its volunteer community globally.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":89347,"journal":{"name":"Conference proceedings. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference","volume":"2023 1","pages":"12-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/epic.12149","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Friction between Reticence and Narrative in Local and Global Interconnections along the Ethical Canadian Diamond Supply Chain","authors":"LINDA ARMANO","doi":"10.1111/epic.12170","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/epic.12170","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>This research analyses, through ethnographic research, the cultural interpretations of the global storytelling of Canadian ethical diamonds given by different subjects, belonging to diverse sociocultural and economic contexts, including staff of mining companies, indigenous communities, jewellers, and consumers. The study took place at the two ends of the diamond supply chain, in the Canadian Northwest Territories, where the mines and mining companies are located, and in two jewellery stores in Milan and Bologna, that sell Canadian diamonds. Introducing the concept of the Process of Argumentative Aphasia I highlight how the discourses of the participants in the research on Canadian ethical diamonds were becoming increasingly metaphorically unpronounceable and, therefore, misaligned with the official storytelling as I approached the mining context; whereas moving towards the sales contexts, the argumentative contents of the jewellers' and consumers' speeches were more aligned with the contents of the global advertising narratives on diamonds mined in Canada.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":89347,"journal":{"name":"Conference proceedings. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference","volume":"2023 1","pages":"311-328"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/epic.12170","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fluid Friction: The Case for Friction in Public Safety Design","authors":"JOSHUA BURRAWAY","doi":"10.1111/epic.12155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/epic.12155","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p><b>I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO</b>…</p>\u0000 <p>The moment she heard the beep come through her headset, Tess switched gears immediately. Moments earlier, she'd just wrapped up a non-emergency 101 call with a man who had found himself face to face with a weasel in his back garden. She and her colleagues had been shaking their heads, chuckling away in disbelief at some of the benign, decidedly non-emergency situations that are beamed into their ears – stray cats urinating on front lawns, a neighbor's tree trespassing across a garden fence, unanticipated weasels. There was nothing benign about this call though. The man on the other end, Sid, was inconsolable. He sounded elderly, soft and gravelly at the same time. His son had assaulted him and threatened to kill him. Where was his son now? Asleep on the sofa, passed out drunk. Sid didn't know what to do anymore. He loved his son – what father doesn't? – but he couldn't handle it anymore. He was terrified of him, especially when he'd been drinking. His son is a martial arts expert. A violent man, he repeats, over and over. Tess tries to keep Sid calm. The elderly voice is a torrent of grief, pain, and regret. But Tess needs to keep Sid focused. She needs to know the address. She needs to know the nature of the threat. Already, she's heard enough in these first few seconds to mark the call as the highest priority – her controller on the other side of the room dispatching officers to the address immediately. Sid wants to tell the whole story – which tumbles out of him in fits and spurts. How things took a turn when his wife died last year. How lonely he's felt. How much he wishes he could help his son. How much he loves him. But also, that he's afraid he'll wake up from his drunken stupor and kill him. Tess, though, doesn't have time for the whole story. She's assertive, cutting Sid off to get what she needs. His son's name and date of birth. The layout of the house. How much he has drunk. His attitude towards the police. Whether Sid has anywhere to hide until the police arrive. I don't know what to do, Sid repeats, lost in the paralyzing reality that he has been forced to call the police on his own son, knowing what this will mean for what little remains of their relationship. Tess has gotten the information she needs to wrap up the call, satisfied that the officers who arrive on scene have the context they need to make an optimal risk assessment. Tess takes a deep breath, finally allowing her tone to shift into a gentler, more compassionate register. She asks if Sid is okay. He doesn't answer. Instead, he sobs. She says she's sorry that this has happened to him, reassuring him that help is on the way. She tells him to call 999 if anything changes. The call ends and Tess takes another deep breath, waiting for the next beep.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":89347,"journal":{"name":"Conference proceedings. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference","volume":"2023 1","pages":"103-118"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/epic.12155","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Toilet Talk: The Subtle Art of Awkward Research","authors":"ANNIE LAMBLA,&nbsp;CAMILLE RONCERAY","doi":"10.1111/epic.12175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/epic.12175","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Imagine you are dealing with bladder or bowel problems, and while sometimes your life is joyful, you also sometimes struggle so much you feel you have to hide from others. How likely are you to have a vulnerable conversation with a stranger through your bathroom door?</p><p>At Coloplast, we really interview people while they sit on the toilet; there are some taboo topics we can't avoid. Starting from how people “go to the bathroom,” our conversations expand into topics of their joys, hopes, and fears about life with intimate healthcare needs: e.g. ostomy care, urinary retention, bowel incontinence.</p><p>In this PechaKucha, we will explore how “user” and “researcher” perspectives echo each other as they interact. We acknowledge the delicate nature of these sensitive conversations, and we respect the difficulty of embracing vulnerability. This talk is a reflection on embracing the awkwardness of social taboo, and share more publicly about a sector that is highly regulated, competitive, and private. We will take the audience on a journey, from avoiding social friction – because the topic is taboo and uncomfortable, to letting social friction arise, and finally, feeling liberated by it.</p>","PeriodicalId":89347,"journal":{"name":"Conference proceedings. Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference","volume":"2023 1","pages":"384"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143252643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}