From totems to web labels. Anthropology and ethnography as tools for studying information architecture Cover Image

Od totemów do etykiet internetowych... Antropologia i etnografia jako narzędzia badania architektury informacji
From totems to web labels. Anthropology and ethnography as tools for studying information architecture

Author(s): Robert Statkiewicz
Subject(s): Information Architecture, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Komisji Edukacji Narodowej w Krakowie
Keywords: ethnography; anthropology; information architecture; participatory design; ontological turn; totemism; structuralism; user experience;

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of article is depict of anthropological theories and tools, that might be useful for information architecture researchers. AI will be treated as a mental structure representation and compared to the other material structures and systems. Examples from fieldworks and author’s practice display anthropological theories. To sum up, practice of participant design will be presented.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 17
  • Page Range: 346-353
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish