Ethnography

In recent years data visualization is increasingly used to represent complex information and is mostly embedded in quantitative investigations. The research project presents a visualization tool, The Entity Mapper which is the first example to bridge the gap between the quantitative and qualitative field development in regards to data visualization and data representation. The Entity Mapper allows an instant visualization of complex and coded qualitative data.

Academic field

Qualitative Inquiry, Ethnography, Nursing, Social sciences, Art and Design, technology, Data Visualization

Help type

Peer review

Documenting Culture

Posted by Emily Zeamer on April 26, 2013

This course was taught in 2012-13 in collaboration with the Fowler Museum of Cultural History and the Department of World Arts and Cultures at UCLA.

The first half of the 2-quarter course involved UCLA students in field research with LA-based artists and creative communities, to create digital documentary works using Vimeo, Zeega, and other tools, for public exhibition via the website www.documentingculture.com. In the second quarter, students continued fieldwork, creating a short documentary film based on their subject

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Academic field

Sociocultural Anthropology, anthropology, Social Anthropology, Visual Anthropology, Ethnography, urban studies

Help type

Design, General digital humanities consulting, Peer review, Proofreading