Annotated Bibliography

 1. Our own annotated bibliography is available here.

 

2. Other references/bibligraphies on ethnographic research include a bibliography - Citations in Information Systems - maintained by Harvey, L. and Myers, M.D. Amongst the papers they cite are:

 i) Avison, D.E. and Myers, M.D. "Information Systems and Anthropology: An Anthropological Perspective on IT and Organizational Culture," Information Technology & People, (8:3), 1995, pp. 43-56.

Abstract: This paper considers the potential role of anthropology as a source discipline for information systems. Although anthropology has been largely neglected in the IS research literature, it is argued that important insights can be gained by adopting an anthropological perspective on information systems phenomena. The value of an anthropological perspective is illustrated by looking at the relationship between information technology and organizational culture. We show that the concept of ‘culture’ has generally been used rather narrowly in the IS literature, and argue that a more critical, anthropological view of the relationship between IT and organizational culture is required.

ii) Harvey, L. and Myers, M.D. "Scholarship and practice: the contribution of ethnographic research methods to bridging the gap", Information Technology & People, (8:3), 1995, pp. 13-27.

This paper assesses the contributions and limitations of ethnography for IS research and practice. The paper received the MCB University Press Award for Excellence for the most outstanding paper published in the 1995 volume of Information Technology & People. A PDF version of this paper is available.

 

Other Ethnography Websites

Qualitative Ethnographic Research: - contains links to

 

Center For The Ethnography of Everday Life - contains links to a number of projects and presentations.

 

Field Methods Links

 

"Ronneby Ethnographic Workshop".

A course and workshop on ethnography given at the University of Karlskrona-Ronneby, Sweden.

Materials from the project were presented as one of the few examples of a long-term ethnography of an organisation undergoing considerable change. If you are interested you can view the various papers and presentations here.