Design Ethnography
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چکیده
This open access book describes and elaborates methods for research on through design. It posits that ethnography is an appropriate method design because it constantly orients itself – such as all projects toward social realities.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: SpringerBriefs in anthropology
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2195-0814', '2195-0806']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60396-0