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Creative Applications of New Information and Communication Technologies

Tacchi, Jo A. (2004) Creative Applications of New Information and Communication Technologies. International Journal of Cultural Studies 7(1):pp. 91-103.

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Abstract

This article describes two ‘ethnographic’ research projects – one in Australia and one in South Asia. These projects stand apart from more traditional ethnographies in the way in which they combine ethnography with action research; they are, in effect, applied ethnographic research. Both projects reflect an interest in examining the changing processes and applications of creativity, production and consumption and the desire to gain deeper understandings of what roles new technologies play in all of this. The research attempts to develop answers to some very basic questions about the implications of new technologies on the everyday lives of a wide range of people and the implications of the everyday lives of those people on the uses and potential uses of new technologies.

Item Type:Journal Article
Status:Published
Keywords:action research, creativity, ethnography, new technologies
Subjects:400000 Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies > 400100 Journalism, Communication and Media > 400104 Communication and Media Studies
370000 Studies in Human Society > 370300 Anthropology > 370302 Social and Cultural Anthropology
ID Code:4498
Deposited By:Tacchi, Jo
Deposited On:11 July 2006
Alternative Locations:http://ics.sagepub.com/
Copyright Owner:Copyright 2004 Sage Publications
Copyright Statement:Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.