Open AccessHuman Sensemaking in the Smart City: A Research Approach Merging Big and Thick Data
Author(s) -
SMETS ANNELIEN,
LIEVENS BRAM
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
ethnographic praxis in industry conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1559-8918
pISSN - 1559-890X
DOI - 10.1111/1559-8918.2018.01203
Subject(s) - sensemaking , praxis , ethnography , big data , key (lock) , work (physics) , data science , computer science , knowledge management , sociology , human–computer interaction , engineering , political science , computer security , mechanical engineering , anthropology , law , operating system
This paper aims to contribute to the debate on the integration of ethnography and data science by providing a concrete research tool to deploy this integration. We start from our own experiences with user research in a data‐rich environment, the smart city, and work towards a research tool that leverages ethnographic praxis with data science opportunities. We discuss the different key components of the system, how they work together and how they allow for human sensemaking.