Critical design ethnography: Designing for change

Sasha A. Barab; Michael K. Thomas; Tyler Dodge; Kurt Squire; Markeda Newell

doi:10.1525/aeq.2004.35.2.254

Critical design ethnography: Designing for change

Sasha A. Barab, Michael K. Thomas, Tyler Dodge, Kurt Squire, Markeda Newell

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Abstract

This article describes critical design ethnography, an ethnographic process involving participatory design work aimed at transforming a local context while producing an instructional design that can be used in multiple contexts. Here, we reflect on the opportunities and challenges that emerged as we built local critiques then reified them into a designed artifact that has been implemented in classrooms all over the world.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	254-268
Number of pages	15
Journal	Anthropology and Education Quarterly
Volume	35
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1525/aeq.2004.35.2.254
State	Published - Jun 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Action research
Critical ethnography
Instructional design
Participatory design

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Anthropology

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