The document outlines plans for a fieldwork study exploring intimacy in polyamorous relationships. It provides background on polyamory as an alternative to monogamy that involves having multiple loving relationships simultaneously with consent. The researchers conducted interviews with members of the local poly community and a researcher to understand different experiences and perspectives. Several themes emerged around communication, privacy, jealousy and time management in poly relationships. The researchers plan to use participatory design methods to further explore solutions to challenges in polyamory and how technology could help facilitate poly relationships.
This study examined dating experiences of online dating users and non-users among college students. The author conducted in-depth interviews with 5 online dating users and 5 non-users at Reinhardt University. The interviews were recorded and themes from the responses were analyzed. Using interviews allowed the author to directly compare experiences of those who do and do not use online dating, but interviews were time-consuming for both the interviewer and interviewees. Overall, the study aimed to expand understanding of individual experiences with online dating.
Teens today use social media to develop and maintain romantic relationships. They communicate privately online to avoid parental monitoring. Some key findings:
- Teens meet potential partners online and use technology like instant messaging and social media to flirt and get to know each other.
- In relationships, teens expect constant contact and public displays of affection online. Monitoring partners' accounts is common.
- Breakups online can lead to bullying, but social media also enables exes to stay indirectly connected.
- While technology facilitates intimacy, it also increases teens' vulnerability to emotional harm from unwanted contact or spreading of private information.
This document outlines a research study exploring intimacy in polyamorous relationships through participatory design. The researchers conducted interviews and affinity diagramming to identify key areas of communication, privacy, jealousy, and scheduling. They then held a participatory design workshop using a new "body prototyping" method, where participants designed communication technologies by prototyping concepts on their bodies. The goal was to empower the polyamorous community to design solutions for themselves through a future-focused scenario and collaborative process.
Welcome-to-Facebook-How-Facebook-influences-Parent-child-relationshipHazel Lee Weiyi
The document summarizes a study that examined how the use of Facebook influences the intimacy level in parent-child relationships. 17 parent-child pairs were interviewed separately. The study found that Facebook increased intimacy through mutual trust, reduced intergenerational gaps, equality in the relationship, and less policing by parents. Facebook allows for affectionate communication while reducing awkwardness. It also equalizes relationships by filtering out social status cues, allowing parents and children to interact as equals. Overall, the findings suggest that the Internet and Facebook can provide a positive means of communication between parents and children.
This document discusses research on sexual promiscuity. It begins by defining promiscuity as having casual sex frequently with different partners. It then discusses the history of promiscuity in America beginning in the 1960s on college campuses. Promiscuity has grown with technology allowing easy communication and porn access online. Research shows teens and college students are often promiscuous due to lack of purpose and low self-esteem. The internet influences promiscuity by enabling online relationships, widespread porn access, and a large pool of potential partners. While some experimentation is normal, teens often do not consider the risks of promiscuity like disease and unwanted pregnancy. Parents need to communicate with teens about sexuality. Culture also influences levels of
This presentation includes data from 2009 and 2010 on teens and adults sending or receiving sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images by cell phone - also called sexting. Presented to the 2010 conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, the talk includes demographic data on who engages in these behaviors, as well as some teen focus group data on the differences in language used to talk about sexting experiences between boys and girls.
The document summarizes the results of a focus group conducted to understand the target audience for a new television soap opera. The focus group asked questions about the audience's media consumption habits, likes/dislikes of existing soaps, and opinions on social issues. Key findings included that the audience prefers realistic crime storylines set in the present day that feature relatable characters similar to themselves. They want the soap to avoid unrealistic plots and address issues like underage drinking and animal testing in a negative light.
This study examined dating experiences of online dating users and non-users among college students. The author conducted in-depth interviews with 5 online dating users and 5 non-users at Reinhardt University. The interviews were recorded and themes from the responses were analyzed. Using interviews allowed the author to directly compare experiences of those who do and do not use online dating, but interviews were time-consuming for both the interviewer and interviewees. Overall, the study aimed to expand understanding of individual experiences with online dating.
Teens today use social media to develop and maintain romantic relationships. They communicate privately online to avoid parental monitoring. Some key findings:
- Teens meet potential partners online and use technology like instant messaging and social media to flirt and get to know each other.
- In relationships, teens expect constant contact and public displays of affection online. Monitoring partners' accounts is common.
- Breakups online can lead to bullying, but social media also enables exes to stay indirectly connected.
- While technology facilitates intimacy, it also increases teens' vulnerability to emotional harm from unwanted contact or spreading of private information.
This document outlines a research study exploring intimacy in polyamorous relationships through participatory design. The researchers conducted interviews and affinity diagramming to identify key areas of communication, privacy, jealousy, and scheduling. They then held a participatory design workshop using a new "body prototyping" method, where participants designed communication technologies by prototyping concepts on their bodies. The goal was to empower the polyamorous community to design solutions for themselves through a future-focused scenario and collaborative process.
Welcome-to-Facebook-How-Facebook-influences-Parent-child-relationshipHazel Lee Weiyi
The document summarizes a study that examined how the use of Facebook influences the intimacy level in parent-child relationships. 17 parent-child pairs were interviewed separately. The study found that Facebook increased intimacy through mutual trust, reduced intergenerational gaps, equality in the relationship, and less policing by parents. Facebook allows for affectionate communication while reducing awkwardness. It also equalizes relationships by filtering out social status cues, allowing parents and children to interact as equals. Overall, the findings suggest that the Internet and Facebook can provide a positive means of communication between parents and children.
This document discusses research on sexual promiscuity. It begins by defining promiscuity as having casual sex frequently with different partners. It then discusses the history of promiscuity in America beginning in the 1960s on college campuses. Promiscuity has grown with technology allowing easy communication and porn access online. Research shows teens and college students are often promiscuous due to lack of purpose and low self-esteem. The internet influences promiscuity by enabling online relationships, widespread porn access, and a large pool of potential partners. While some experimentation is normal, teens often do not consider the risks of promiscuity like disease and unwanted pregnancy. Parents need to communicate with teens about sexuality. Culture also influences levels of
This presentation includes data from 2009 and 2010 on teens and adults sending or receiving sexually suggestive nude or nearly nude images by cell phone - also called sexting. Presented to the 2010 conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, the talk includes demographic data on who engages in these behaviors, as well as some teen focus group data on the differences in language used to talk about sexting experiences between boys and girls.
The document summarizes the results of a focus group conducted to understand the target audience for a new television soap opera. The focus group asked questions about the audience's media consumption habits, likes/dislikes of existing soaps, and opinions on social issues. Key findings included that the audience prefers realistic crime storylines set in the present day that feature relatable characters similar to themselves. They want the soap to avoid unrealistic plots and address issues like underage drinking and animal testing in a negative light.
Social psychological explanations for the attraction of celebritiesCydney Mellor
1. Parasocial relationships involve a fan feeling they have a relationship with a celebrity they don't actually know. Studies show these are more likely to form with celebrities perceived as attractive and similar. Viewing celebrities act in believable ways helps fans compare how they would act. However, parasocial relationships can negatively impact body image in young girls.
2. The absorption addiction model proposes fans are initially attracted to celebrities for entertainment, but this attraction can become obsessive or even delusional. It identifies three levels - entertainment, intense personal fixation, and borderline pathological behaviors like believing the celebrity knows them. Higher levels are associated with greater neuroticism and poorer mental health.
This research project aimed to examine the psychosociocultural factors that contribute to well-being among Latina LGBT undergraduate students. Specifically, it explored the psychological, social, and cultural experiences of 7 bisexual Latina students at a university. Preliminary findings identified three main themes: peer support was important for feeling normal; students developed self-confidence through navigating sexuality with family and educating them; and finding different roles for diverse friend groups. The purpose was to understand how these students balance traditional Latina values with their personal lifestyles using a holistic framework.
This is the research analysis my group compiled to analyze the results of a survey done for Children's Museum of Alamance County in order to create a strategic campaign to increase their donations and attendance.
This document discusses the development of a board game called "Milk, Sugar, Love" designed to initiate conversations about sexuality between parents and children. It reviews literature showing that open communication between parents and children leads to healthier sexual behaviors in adolescents. Studies discussed found that maternal communication about sex is more common than paternal communication. The game is meant to facilitate discussions about intimacy, health, sexuality, consent and technology in a subtle, fun way without directly talking about sex.
Social media has both benefits and drawbacks according to the document. While it allows for quick information sharing and community organizing, it also threatens privacy and enables cyberbullying. The document discusses concerns that social media is damaging communication skills in youth and eroding traditional cultural values in Africa. Studies found that over half of high school students experienced cyberbullying in the past year, which increased risks of depression, drug abuse, and suicide. Social media also introduces strains to relationships when negative events occur over networking sites, most often between friends or romantic partners known both online and offline. Overall, the document suggests that social media's negatives may outweigh its positives, especially regarding effects on children and youth.
The document discusses how the concept of friendship has changed with the rise of technology and social media. It defines real friends, virtual friends, and acquaintances. While real friends are those one spends quality time with in person, virtual friends are online connections that may or may not have meaningful engagement. Younger generations are more likely to initially connect online before potentially meeting in person, while older generations prefer meeting in person first. All agree that real-life interactions are most important for close friends, but social media helps maintain connections. The qualities valued in friends differ between online and real-life relationships.
Hanging out, messing around and geeking out presenationNicole Brooks
This chapter discusses how social media is integrated into modern teenage friendships and the role it plays in establishing, maintaining, and complicating social bonds. It focuses on how social media intersects with making friends, displaying friendships, articulating friendship hierarchies, and navigating issues of status, attention, and drama. While social media allows teens to connect beyond physical boundaries, it also provides opportunities for drama and rumors to spread. However, teens primarily use social media to build and maintain friendships.
Facebook for Educators and Community Leaders (Property of Facebook)misspwalsh
This document provides guidance for educators and community leaders on helping teens safely navigate social media, particularly Facebook. It covers basic principles for understanding teen social media use, Facebook's community standards and reporting abuse. It also provides tips on issues like bullying prevention, privacy controls, using Facebook groups, developing social media guidelines, and promoting digital citizenship. The overall aim is to help adults act as supportive partners to teens as they engage in the digital world.
The document discusses the background and home life influences that can cause cyber bullying. It finds that parental influence and poor parenting styles play a large role in whether a child engages in cyber bullying. Specifically, it discusses how over-demanding or under-demanding parenting, lack of parental warmth, poor home life experiences, and parental modeling of bad behavior can influence a child to participate in cyber bullying to gain a sense of power and control that is lacking in their home life.
The document discusses the background and home life influences that can cause cyber bullying. It finds that parental influence and poor parenting styles play a large role in whether a child engages in cyber bullying. Specifically, it discusses how over-demanding or under-demanding parenting, lack of parental warmth, poor home life experiences, and parental modeling of bad behavior can influence a child to participate in cyber bullying to gain a sense of power and control that is lacking in their home life.
This document provides guidance for investigating the hypothesis that Dawlish Warren coastal area is effectively managed. It instructs the reader to identify key questions, geographical concepts, and methods of data collection to test the hypothesis. The reader is asked to plan fieldwork methods, decide on systematic or random data collection approaches, identify collection locations, and consider how to present results visually through maps, graphs, photos and other formats.
Tugas Fieldwork Program Ph. D Ilmu Linguistik Unhas 2011 - 2012. Pia Mandar
Bab 6 membahas tentang elisitasi sebagai metode pengumpulan data linguistik lapangan untuk mengetahui morfologi dan sintaksis dasar bahasa. Elisitasi dilakukan dengan kalimat, permainan kata, dan stimulasi visual seperti gambar. Metode ini menghasilkan data awal tentang struktur kalimat dan bentuk kata dalam bahasa tersebut.
This document provides guidelines for a case study assignment worth 10 marks. It must be submitted by October 5th as a soft copy between 12-15 pages in Times New Roman 12 font with 1" spacing. The case study is worth 8 marks, and an additional 2 marks will be awarded based on a 6 minute presentation by two group members between October 15th-19th. The final submission includes the soft copy case study, 20 research papers, and a data sheet. The case study should include sections on introduction, literature review, research methodology, data analysis and interpretation, main findings and conclusion, recommendations, limitations, future scope, and references in APA style including at least 20 research papers. A questionnaire must also be submitted
This document is a group project presentation on the global financial crisis and its impact on international financial institutions in Asia. The group members are listed. The presentation aims to understand the crisis, how it affected institutions in Asia, identify its impacts, and analyze Asia's responses. It provides background on the crisis's origins in subprime lending and discusses effects in different Asian regions, such as profits falling in Japan but China being largely unaffected. It also outlines regional cooperation responses like ASEAN countries joining G20 and establishing the Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility.
Introduction Materials for Fieldwork Focus IntroductionDavid Rogers
The document provides guidance for a student to draft the introduction to a fieldwork investigation report on urban land use change. It instructs the student to include their hypothesis as the title, justify the need for the investigation and state its aims and key questions. It also prompts the student to make predictions about important issues and link them to social, environmental and economic impacts, and to describe the study area location and where data will be collected.
This document provides an overview of an upcoming discussion on anthropological fieldwork. It outlines the goals of looking at the author's practical summary and analysis of their fieldwork, brainstorming questions and challenges, discussing challenges encountered, and considering complementary ways of sharing research beyond traditional textual formats. The document encourages participants to highlight sections they want to discuss and provides examples of different media used in ethnography, such as graphic novels, diagrams, and video. It emphasizes adapting the research method to the topic rather than vice versa. Resources mentioned include the author's dissertation and previous graduates' dissertations.
Ozanne and shaw fieldwork meeting presentationKatharine Welsh
The document discusses enhancing the impact of fieldwork experiences on student learning through improved curriculum planning. It presents results from a research project that found fieldwork positively influences learning across cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains. Interviews with faculty and student surveys showed progression in skills from year 1 to year 3, and that fieldwork increased students' knowledge, problem solving skills, and confidence working with others. The discussion suggests planning fieldwork experiences with progression in mind to move students toward independence, allowing mistakes while building skills over multiple years of field experiences.
Fieldwork: what, why and how - some thoughts to get you thinkingPaula Owens
Geography fieldwork involves investigating places outside the classroom to answer questions about location, place, and scale. It has cognitive benefits and helps meet curriculum requirements. Fieldwork can take different forms along a continuum from highly structured scientific approaches to more flexible exploratory methods. Collecting both quantitative and qualitative data allows comparisons and diverse perspectives. Proper planning, risk assessment, and consideration of purpose, timing, techniques and resources are important. Fieldwork should go beyond simply recounting a journey by deepening understanding and allowing students to demonstrate and share their new knowledge.
The document summarizes a student's fieldwork using a theodolite to conduct a traversing survey. Key details include:
- The student conducted a closed traverse survey with 4 stations, measuring angles and lengths between stations.
- Angular errors were distributed and angles were adjusted to total 360°. Station coordinates were then computed.
- Total angular error was -0°12'20" and total linear error was 0.0668m, yielding an accuracy of 1:2700, within acceptable limits.
- The fieldwork helped students learn skills like setting up a theodolite, measuring angles and distances, and adjusting data.
This document discusses the fieldwork process for marketing research. It outlines the key steps as selecting and training fieldworkers, supervising their work, validating data collection through respondent checks, and evaluating fieldworker performance based on cost, timeliness, response rates, and data quality. Fieldworkers are recruited according to the project needs and trained on interview skills like asking questions, probing, and note taking. Their work is supervised through quality control checks and sampling validation to prevent cheating.
OCR B Geography Fieldwork Investigation Intructions 2012 submissiongeographypods
This document outlines the methodology for a fieldwork project investigating the need to protect the coastline in Sitges, Spain. The project aims to answer two research questions: whether there is a need to protect the coastline, and if coastal management strategies are effective in preventing erosion. The methodology involves collecting beach profile measurements, conducting bipolar evaluations, taking field sketches and photos, and making general observations. Data collection methods will then be presented and analyzed to draw conclusions regarding the research questions. Limitations of the study will also be evaluated, with suggestions for improving the investigation.
This document discusses planning high-quality fieldwork experiences for geography students and integrating GIS. It provides questions to guide reflection on previous fieldwork experiences and outlines steps for a geographical inquiry approach including creating questions, exploring locations using various data collection techniques, analyzing findings, considering implications, and reviewing learning. The challenge is presented as the starting point that leads students to investigate a situation. The document also discusses bridging the gap between school-level fieldwork and more independent investigations expected at A-Level by gradually giving students more ownership over fieldwork planning and individual work.
Social psychological explanations for the attraction of celebritiesCydney Mellor
1. Parasocial relationships involve a fan feeling they have a relationship with a celebrity they don't actually know. Studies show these are more likely to form with celebrities perceived as attractive and similar. Viewing celebrities act in believable ways helps fans compare how they would act. However, parasocial relationships can negatively impact body image in young girls.
2. The absorption addiction model proposes fans are initially attracted to celebrities for entertainment, but this attraction can become obsessive or even delusional. It identifies three levels - entertainment, intense personal fixation, and borderline pathological behaviors like believing the celebrity knows them. Higher levels are associated with greater neuroticism and poorer mental health.
This research project aimed to examine the psychosociocultural factors that contribute to well-being among Latina LGBT undergraduate students. Specifically, it explored the psychological, social, and cultural experiences of 7 bisexual Latina students at a university. Preliminary findings identified three main themes: peer support was important for feeling normal; students developed self-confidence through navigating sexuality with family and educating them; and finding different roles for diverse friend groups. The purpose was to understand how these students balance traditional Latina values with their personal lifestyles using a holistic framework.
This is the research analysis my group compiled to analyze the results of a survey done for Children's Museum of Alamance County in order to create a strategic campaign to increase their donations and attendance.
This document discusses the development of a board game called "Milk, Sugar, Love" designed to initiate conversations about sexuality between parents and children. It reviews literature showing that open communication between parents and children leads to healthier sexual behaviors in adolescents. Studies discussed found that maternal communication about sex is more common than paternal communication. The game is meant to facilitate discussions about intimacy, health, sexuality, consent and technology in a subtle, fun way without directly talking about sex.
Social media has both benefits and drawbacks according to the document. While it allows for quick information sharing and community organizing, it also threatens privacy and enables cyberbullying. The document discusses concerns that social media is damaging communication skills in youth and eroding traditional cultural values in Africa. Studies found that over half of high school students experienced cyberbullying in the past year, which increased risks of depression, drug abuse, and suicide. Social media also introduces strains to relationships when negative events occur over networking sites, most often between friends or romantic partners known both online and offline. Overall, the document suggests that social media's negatives may outweigh its positives, especially regarding effects on children and youth.
The document discusses how the concept of friendship has changed with the rise of technology and social media. It defines real friends, virtual friends, and acquaintances. While real friends are those one spends quality time with in person, virtual friends are online connections that may or may not have meaningful engagement. Younger generations are more likely to initially connect online before potentially meeting in person, while older generations prefer meeting in person first. All agree that real-life interactions are most important for close friends, but social media helps maintain connections. The qualities valued in friends differ between online and real-life relationships.
Hanging out, messing around and geeking out presenationNicole Brooks
This chapter discusses how social media is integrated into modern teenage friendships and the role it plays in establishing, maintaining, and complicating social bonds. It focuses on how social media intersects with making friends, displaying friendships, articulating friendship hierarchies, and navigating issues of status, attention, and drama. While social media allows teens to connect beyond physical boundaries, it also provides opportunities for drama and rumors to spread. However, teens primarily use social media to build and maintain friendships.
Facebook for Educators and Community Leaders (Property of Facebook)misspwalsh
This document provides guidance for educators and community leaders on helping teens safely navigate social media, particularly Facebook. It covers basic principles for understanding teen social media use, Facebook's community standards and reporting abuse. It also provides tips on issues like bullying prevention, privacy controls, using Facebook groups, developing social media guidelines, and promoting digital citizenship. The overall aim is to help adults act as supportive partners to teens as they engage in the digital world.
The document discusses the background and home life influences that can cause cyber bullying. It finds that parental influence and poor parenting styles play a large role in whether a child engages in cyber bullying. Specifically, it discusses how over-demanding or under-demanding parenting, lack of parental warmth, poor home life experiences, and parental modeling of bad behavior can influence a child to participate in cyber bullying to gain a sense of power and control that is lacking in their home life.
The document discusses the background and home life influences that can cause cyber bullying. It finds that parental influence and poor parenting styles play a large role in whether a child engages in cyber bullying. Specifically, it discusses how over-demanding or under-demanding parenting, lack of parental warmth, poor home life experiences, and parental modeling of bad behavior can influence a child to participate in cyber bullying to gain a sense of power and control that is lacking in their home life.
This document provides guidance for investigating the hypothesis that Dawlish Warren coastal area is effectively managed. It instructs the reader to identify key questions, geographical concepts, and methods of data collection to test the hypothesis. The reader is asked to plan fieldwork methods, decide on systematic or random data collection approaches, identify collection locations, and consider how to present results visually through maps, graphs, photos and other formats.
Tugas Fieldwork Program Ph. D Ilmu Linguistik Unhas 2011 - 2012. Pia Mandar
Bab 6 membahas tentang elisitasi sebagai metode pengumpulan data linguistik lapangan untuk mengetahui morfologi dan sintaksis dasar bahasa. Elisitasi dilakukan dengan kalimat, permainan kata, dan stimulasi visual seperti gambar. Metode ini menghasilkan data awal tentang struktur kalimat dan bentuk kata dalam bahasa tersebut.
This document provides guidelines for a case study assignment worth 10 marks. It must be submitted by October 5th as a soft copy between 12-15 pages in Times New Roman 12 font with 1" spacing. The case study is worth 8 marks, and an additional 2 marks will be awarded based on a 6 minute presentation by two group members between October 15th-19th. The final submission includes the soft copy case study, 20 research papers, and a data sheet. The case study should include sections on introduction, literature review, research methodology, data analysis and interpretation, main findings and conclusion, recommendations, limitations, future scope, and references in APA style including at least 20 research papers. A questionnaire must also be submitted
This document is a group project presentation on the global financial crisis and its impact on international financial institutions in Asia. The group members are listed. The presentation aims to understand the crisis, how it affected institutions in Asia, identify its impacts, and analyze Asia's responses. It provides background on the crisis's origins in subprime lending and discusses effects in different Asian regions, such as profits falling in Japan but China being largely unaffected. It also outlines regional cooperation responses like ASEAN countries joining G20 and establishing the Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility.
Introduction Materials for Fieldwork Focus IntroductionDavid Rogers
The document provides guidance for a student to draft the introduction to a fieldwork investigation report on urban land use change. It instructs the student to include their hypothesis as the title, justify the need for the investigation and state its aims and key questions. It also prompts the student to make predictions about important issues and link them to social, environmental and economic impacts, and to describe the study area location and where data will be collected.
This document provides an overview of an upcoming discussion on anthropological fieldwork. It outlines the goals of looking at the author's practical summary and analysis of their fieldwork, brainstorming questions and challenges, discussing challenges encountered, and considering complementary ways of sharing research beyond traditional textual formats. The document encourages participants to highlight sections they want to discuss and provides examples of different media used in ethnography, such as graphic novels, diagrams, and video. It emphasizes adapting the research method to the topic rather than vice versa. Resources mentioned include the author's dissertation and previous graduates' dissertations.
Ozanne and shaw fieldwork meeting presentationKatharine Welsh
The document discusses enhancing the impact of fieldwork experiences on student learning through improved curriculum planning. It presents results from a research project that found fieldwork positively influences learning across cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains. Interviews with faculty and student surveys showed progression in skills from year 1 to year 3, and that fieldwork increased students' knowledge, problem solving skills, and confidence working with others. The discussion suggests planning fieldwork experiences with progression in mind to move students toward independence, allowing mistakes while building skills over multiple years of field experiences.
Fieldwork: what, why and how - some thoughts to get you thinkingPaula Owens
Geography fieldwork involves investigating places outside the classroom to answer questions about location, place, and scale. It has cognitive benefits and helps meet curriculum requirements. Fieldwork can take different forms along a continuum from highly structured scientific approaches to more flexible exploratory methods. Collecting both quantitative and qualitative data allows comparisons and diverse perspectives. Proper planning, risk assessment, and consideration of purpose, timing, techniques and resources are important. Fieldwork should go beyond simply recounting a journey by deepening understanding and allowing students to demonstrate and share their new knowledge.
The document summarizes a student's fieldwork using a theodolite to conduct a traversing survey. Key details include:
- The student conducted a closed traverse survey with 4 stations, measuring angles and lengths between stations.
- Angular errors were distributed and angles were adjusted to total 360°. Station coordinates were then computed.
- Total angular error was -0°12'20" and total linear error was 0.0668m, yielding an accuracy of 1:2700, within acceptable limits.
- The fieldwork helped students learn skills like setting up a theodolite, measuring angles and distances, and adjusting data.
This document discusses the fieldwork process for marketing research. It outlines the key steps as selecting and training fieldworkers, supervising their work, validating data collection through respondent checks, and evaluating fieldworker performance based on cost, timeliness, response rates, and data quality. Fieldworkers are recruited according to the project needs and trained on interview skills like asking questions, probing, and note taking. Their work is supervised through quality control checks and sampling validation to prevent cheating.
OCR B Geography Fieldwork Investigation Intructions 2012 submissiongeographypods
This document outlines the methodology for a fieldwork project investigating the need to protect the coastline in Sitges, Spain. The project aims to answer two research questions: whether there is a need to protect the coastline, and if coastal management strategies are effective in preventing erosion. The methodology involves collecting beach profile measurements, conducting bipolar evaluations, taking field sketches and photos, and making general observations. Data collection methods will then be presented and analyzed to draw conclusions regarding the research questions. Limitations of the study will also be evaluated, with suggestions for improving the investigation.
This document discusses planning high-quality fieldwork experiences for geography students and integrating GIS. It provides questions to guide reflection on previous fieldwork experiences and outlines steps for a geographical inquiry approach including creating questions, exploring locations using various data collection techniques, analyzing findings, considering implications, and reviewing learning. The challenge is presented as the starting point that leads students to investigate a situation. The document also discusses bridging the gap between school-level fieldwork and more independent investigations expected at A-Level by gradually giving students more ownership over fieldwork planning and individual work.
This document summarizes a field work seminar presentation given by MD Shahbaz and Nahid Sarwar at the Department of Social Work, MANUU, Hyderabad. The presentation discussed their work at Don Bosco Navajeevan, an agency that rescues runaway and missing children in Greater Hyderabad. It provided an overview of the agency, including its establishment in 1998, location in Bhoiguda Secunderabad, director, intervention areas focusing on street, runaway, working and missing children, ongoing rescue project serving the local area, and individual donors funding the project.
A Simple Tutorial on Conjoint and Cluster AnalysisIterative Path
A simple tutorial to show conjoint analysis and cluster analysis. please send your feedback, this version is still rough and I would like to iteratively improve it so it is useful for most.
Slide to accompany a talk around how fieldwork should be approached in response to the 2016 GCSE Geography changes. Given as part of the Geographical Association's New Geography GCSE courses.
An Introduction to Factor analysis pptMukesh Bisht
This document discusses exploratory factor analysis (EFA). EFA is used to identify underlying factors that explain the pattern of correlations within a set of observed variables. The document outlines the steps of EFA, including testing assumptions, constructing a correlation matrix, determining the number of factors, rotating factors, and interpreting the factor loadings. It provides an example of running EFA on a dataset with 11 physical performance and anthropometric variables from 21 participants. The analysis extracts 3 factors that explain over 80% of the total variance.
This document outlines tutorials for using STATA software to perform time series analysis. It discusses how to manage time series data, perform Dickey-Fuller tests, estimate ARIMA, VAR, and ARCH/GARCH models, and provides challenges for forecasting with various models. Screenshot guides and sample datasets are available on the STATA website to help users learn how to apply these techniques in STATA. A variety of other statistical analysis topics also have tutorials on the site.
The document provides information about the student's field work placement at the Composite Regional Centre (CRC) in Bemina, Kashmir. It includes details about the establishment of CRC such as its aims, objectives, services offered, departments, structure, and location. The student was placed at CRC's department of physiotherapy for their case study during their field work. The schedule outlines the student's activities over 13 days, including orientation, observation, meetings with clients, home visits, and lectures.
This document summarizes Unilever's marketing strategies for targeting low-income consumers in Brazil from 1997-2007. It discusses Unilever's large market share in detergent powders in Brazil, the characteristics of low-income consumers in northeastern Brazil, and the implications and benefits of targeting this consumer segment. It also describes Unilever's brand portfolio, including its premium Omo brand and cheaper Campeiro brand, and introduces a new brand called Campeiro Plus aimed at low-income consumers by providing better cleaning power at a similar price point to competitors.
The document provides definitions and explanations of key terms and concepts related to conjoint analysis. It can be summarized as follows:
1. Conjoint analysis is a multivariate tool used to understand how individuals derive utility from the different attributes of a product or brand. It breaks down the overall utility or preference into partial utilities for each attribute level.
2. Traditional conjoint analysis methods include full profile, partial profile, paired comparison, and self-explicated. Adaptive conjoint analysis and choice-based conjoint are also mentioned.
3. The process involves identifying attributes and levels, collecting responses, analyzing data to estimate part-worths for each level, and validating the results. Part-worths represent
[Carey m. noland]_sex_talk_the_role_of_communicat(book4_you)Bui Huong
This chapter introduces the importance of learning about communication regarding sex. It argues that communication is essential for forming relationships and connections with others, which are vital for human happiness. Most people see sex as an integral part of romantic relationships. While sex is fascinating, there is still much to learn about the physical, emotional, and social aspects through research. The HIV/AIDS epidemic increased interest in studying sexuality. Global health organizations define sexual health as involving respect, pleasure, open communication, and fulfilling relationships. The goal of the book is to help people become competent communicators regarding sex through raising awareness of communication issues. Competent communication is important for developing and maintaining relationships.
This document discusses how communication and identity are related. It defines key terms like gender, which refers to masculine and feminine roles in society, versus sex, which refers to biological characteristics. Gender identity influences how people communicate. The document also discusses social identity theory and how the social groups we identify with can change how we communicate depending on the context. Cultural identity also influences communication styles and expectations. Stereotypes and assumptions about others' identities based on limited aspects like gender or culture can negatively impact self-concept and communication.
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This document provides an annotated bibliography on four communication theories: Social Penetration Theory, Social Judgment Theory, Agenda Setting Theory, and Communication Accommodation Theory. It summarizes three scholarly articles on Social Penetration Theory and how it has been taught or studied. The articles look at using movies or anonymous self-disclosure between classmates to help students understand the theory through relating it to their own experiences. The last article discusses how culture can influence self-disclosure and the progression of relationships.
The document summarizes a study on the effects of social media on relationships. It discusses previous research that has shown both negative and positive impacts of social media usage. The current study involved surveying 40 participants (half male, half female) who were randomly assigned to read one of two scenarios involving social media use in a relationship. They then answered questions to assess their views on cheating and the relationship. The study hypothesized that responses would differ based on the gender of the participant and scenario. While the results were not statistically significant, they trended in the predicted directions, providing some evidence that social media negatively impacts relationships. The study aimed to further understanding of this issue.
Honors Thesis - Where Are All the HomosJoseph Bruner
This document is a thesis submitted by Joe Bruner exploring the social experiences of gay and bisexual men at the University of Redlands. It begins with Bruner explaining how he came to question his own sexuality and isolation during his time at the university. He describes feeling alone despite being involved in the Pride Alliance club. This personal experience motivated him to conduct an ethnographic study to understand why the gay male student population seems so invisible on campus. The thesis will analyze tensions between these men's identities, perceptions of campus life, and communities to explore what factors contribute to their social invisibility.
This document summarizes various research projects conducted in public policy, urban planning, and communication studies. It includes independent research on the Thai Town neighborhood in Los Angeles, the federal Move to Opportunity affordable housing program, and the effects of Facebook on relationships. It also describes organizing a tour of the Persian community in Westwood for a planning class and conducting interviews with the Downtown Women's Center. Finally, it mentions plans for group research on the effects of narrative versus non-narrative instruction on memory retention and learning across different age groups, genders, and socioeconomic classes.
The document describes several design concepts for communication technologies in polyamorous relationships that were generated through participatory design workshops and discussions:
1) A system that detects partners' emotions and shares them openly to promote radical honesty, though it would not share details of feelings.
2) A basic tracking device that partners could use to view each other's locations but could be turned off for privacy.
3) A forcefield for conversations that would allow privacy while maintaining openness by only transmitting information within the forcefield.
4) Smart clothing that becomes increasingly uncomfortable until a difficult decision like breaking up is made, providing relief afterwards as a motivator.
The document describes the results of user testing of a behavioral prototype. A subject tested out various features of the prototype including taking a photo, recording a video and audio, tagging people, writing captions, playing videos and audio, searching, and viewing a family tree. For each feature, the subject's reaction and action are photographed and described. The subject was generally able to intuitively use the features after being exposed to similar prior features, with some minor confusion over navigation.
1. Team Flux created a paper prototype of Griot, an interactive family scrapbook made of flexible, touch-responsive pages that can record memories like photos, videos, and audio and share them with other family members.
2. They tested the prototype's features such as taking photos, recording video and audio, tagging people, writing captions, playing media, and searching by conducting tests with subjects and observing their reactions and interactions.
3. The tests showed that subjects were able to intuitively use features like taking a photo after seeing the camera interface and playing back their recorded audio, but were confused by some aspects like tagging friends without social network integration and page navigation.
Interaction Design Method - Cultural ProbeMelissa Tang
The document summarizes a culture probe project exploring pre-loss emotions between twin sisters who are graduating college and moving to different cities. The probe package was designed as a worn travel bag containing personal items. These included a boarding pass, soft toy, CD case, photo frame, menus, notebook, and movie slate. The items were intended to prompt memories and reflection on their close relationship before the impending separation. Both subjects found the boarding pass and bag realistic. The soft toy and CD case elicited reflections on shared experiences, though not strongly about their bond. Overall the probe provided insights into pre-loss emotions but could have been improved.
This document describes a visual ethnography study conducted at five local businesses in Bloomington, Indiana. It summarizes interviews with employees at each location, focusing on their daily tasks and experiences. At Landlocked Music, the employee finds organizing the store challenging because many albums fit multiple genres. At Vintage Phoenix Comic Books, the owner enjoys interacting with customers but gets bored when no one is in the store. The document then proposes two interaction design concepts aimed at better organizing the music store and increasing social connections at the comic book store.
The document outlines a fieldwork plan to explore intimacy in polyamorous relationships through user research. It provides profiles of 4 participants involved in polyamorous relationships, including "E", "J", "M", and researcher Justin Garcia. The researchers' initial perspectives and lack of familiarity with polyamory are also described. The objectives are to understand how polyamorous individuals manage privacy, communication, and time across multiple relationships through potential technology solutions. Methods include interviews, experience mapping, and a participatory design workshop with the polyamorous community.
This document analyzes the artifact of transparent adhesive tape. It describes the tape's construction of polypropylene film wrapping a plastic hollow column. The tape has four layers: adhesive mass, backing, keying coat, and release coat. It functions as a transparent, sticky material for sealing envelopes and repairing paper. Transparent tape was first developed in 1845 and further advanced by 3M in the 1920s for automotive masking. The document discusses reappropriating tape for attaching command hooks to irregular surfaces and using it as a ruler or mask for painting.
1. The document summarizes insights generated from an affinity diagram analysis of data collected from a contextual inquiry on everyday design problems.
2. Key insights included constraints, motivations, aesthetics, and processes that tie into participants' understanding of DIY projects, as well as the welcoming and caring nature of the participants.
3. After further analysis, additional insights were generated regarding the mindset and background experiences that influence participants' engagement in DIY projects.
Two women were interviewed about various DIY projects they had undertaken in their home. The projects ranged from utilitarian modifications like converting a cedar chest into a cat box enclosure to aesthetic changes like using wrapping paper as wallpaper in the dining room. The women found inspiration on sites like Pinterest and enjoyed repurposing used items to save money. They valued the sense of accomplishment from completing projects quickly and modifying designs as needed. Any "Internet of Things" or creativity tools should allow for flexibility, encourage reuse of materials, and enable rapid prototyping to match these women's approach to everyday design.
This document summarizes a diary study conducted to understand mundane technology use. The diary study participant was a Chinese international student adjusting to life in the US. Her diary and interview revealed that she uses her iPad heavily for entertainment, communication, education and transportation. She relies on social media and messaging apps to stay connected to friends and family abroad. The study provides implications for designing technologies that better support multitasking, easy access to information, and personalized location-based notifications to assist users.
This document summarizes 10 concepts for home products that were developed using the Elito method of data analysis. The Elito method involves listing observations from ethnographic research, making judgments, identifying possible user values, conceiving insights, and developing key metaphors to ideate concepts. The concepts developed include a self-cleaning food processor, a coffee table with a built-in fridge and freezer, an electronic album that displays vocabulary words, digital gaming cards, a centralized "mega-PC" home computing system, a system for switching home art displays, a shifting knife that changes based on the food being cut, a gaming/work headset that provides alerts from the home, an IoT object location system, and laundry tags that light
The document proposes redesigning a timepiece to improve the experience of exam timing. The current issues are that students cannot easily see the time during an exam due to messy desks or focusing on problems. The revised design integrates a timer into a pen where the length shrinks over time to visually indicate time remaining. When time is up, writing with the pen is disabled to ensure students stop writing. This new timepiece allows students to always be aware of time left and prevents teachers from worrying about students continuing after time ends.
This document summarizes an interview with two women, S and B, about various do-it-yourself (DIY) projects they had undertaken in their home. The projects ranged from repurposing furniture for new uses to building a patio couch from pallets. S enjoys large DIY projects that serve multiple purposes. The interview explored their mental models and motivations for the projects, which included saving money, personal enjoyment of creating things, and fitting their aesthetic vision for their home. Key tools mentioned were a reciprocating power saw and leftover "oops" paint. Their approach emphasized gathering supplies inexpensively and completing projects quickly. Both the process and finished projects were important to them.
Rethinking Kållered │ From Big Box to a Reuse Hub: A Transformation Journey ...SirmaDuztepeliler
"Rethinking Kållered │ From Big Box to a Reuse Hub: A Transformation Journey Toward Sustainability"
The booklet of my master’s thesis at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology. (Gothenburg, Sweden)
This thesis explores the transformation of the vacated (2023) IKEA store in Kållered, Sweden, into a "Reuse Hub" addressing various user types. The project aims to create a model for circular and sustainable economic practices that promote resource efficiency, waste reduction, and a shift in societal overconsumption patterns.
Reuse, though crucial in the circular economy, is one of the least studied areas. Most materials with reuse potential, especially in the construction sector, are recycled (downcycled), causing a greater loss of resources and energy. My project addresses barriers to reuse, such as difficult access to materials, storage, and logistics issues.
Aims:
• Enhancing Access to Reclaimed Materials: Creating a hub for reclaimed construction materials for both institutional and individual needs.
• Promoting Circular Economy: Showcasing the potential and variety of reusable materials and how they can drive a circular economy.
• Fostering Community Engagement: Developing spaces for social interaction around reuse-focused stores and workshops.
• Raising Awareness: Transforming a former consumerist symbol into a center for circular practices.
Highlights:
• The project emphasizes cross-sector collaboration with producers and wholesalers to repurpose surplus materials before they enter the recycling phase.
• This project can serve as a prototype for reusing many idle commercial buildings in different scales and sizes.
• The findings indicate that transforming large vacant properties can support sustainable practices and present an economically attractive business model with high social returns at the same time.
• It highlights the potential of how sustainable practices in the construction sector can drive societal change.
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2. Problem Framing
Monogamy is a social construct that is dominant in our society. It provides a set of rules and expectations for
relationships that many societies and culture groups implicitly accept or understand. In contrast, polyamory
or“many loves”, is defined by Morning Glory Zell-Ravenheart from Polynexus.com as“The practice, state or
ability of having more than one sexual loving relationship at the same time, with the full knowledge and
consent of all partners involved.”Justin Garcia, a researcher from the Kinsey Institute provided us with a
historical context of polyamory which helped us frame our research. He described that polyamory has been
practiced since the dawn of human civilization and while has been considered in the past few centuries as a
taboo, is a growing phenomena.
Technology is dramatically shaping how we meet, interact, and experience intimacy with one another.
We learned from our interview with Garcia that in 2013, for the first time in history, more people started
relationships by meeting online than in person. Through our research, we learned that the internet has
played an integral role in connecting polyamorous people to others, and fostering online and local
communities. Facebook and other social media platforms enable people to find and connect to like minded
people. Online resources like Polynexus, can provide support to questioning individuals as well as connect
a newly identified poly individual or to a newly relocated poly individual that is looking for a community in
their new city.
While monogamy can be described as an exclusive relationship between two individuals. Polyamory is
not as well defined. There are many terms to describe different aspects of poly relationships but there is a
disagreement over definitions within the community. Based on our primary research with this community,
we have developed the following definitions for Polyamory and terms that the community often use.
Introduction
3. Terms in Polyamory
• Polyamory: “The practice, state or ability of having more than one sexual loving relationship at the same
time, with the full knowledge and consent of all partners involved.”
• Monogamy: An exclusive relationship between two individuals.
• Monoamory: “The practice or condition of having a single sexual partner during a period of time.”
• Primary Partners: Partners that have the highest level of commitment with each other.
• Secondary Partners: Primary partner’s other relationships that may have varying levels of commitment.
• Open Relationship: A label that defines a primary partner’s relationship which allows consent for either
partner to have sexual and intimate relationships with other individuals. Often times, this is interchangeable
with polyamory and is considered socially more acceptable. Our subject J and his girlfriend are in an open
relationship. When she goes out of town, she has partners that she engages in sexually and intimately.
• Metamor: This is a term for “someone your partner is seeing” Our first subject E’s partner’s girlfriend
was E’s metamor.
• PolyTriad: A poly triad can consist of three individuals that share equal intimacy, or a metamor and two
individuals that are primary partners.
• Poly Fidelous:“typically a triad that is exclusive to each other.”For example, our subject M was exclusive
with her two husbands.
Because of the richness, depth, and variety of our primary research, and our subjects, no obvious problem
area was identified at this stage. While conducting analysis of our primary and secondary research, many
themes emerged such as communication, privacy within open relationships, negotiations within the
relationships, time management, and jealousy. Because of these complex yet interesting results from our
data, we would like to further explore the complexities before jumping to a problem area. At this early phase
of our project, jumping to a problem area could negate or minimize the quality of our research thus far.
4. Because our research topic is intimacy within the poly community in Bloomington, we recruited participants who
are either members or researchers in this community. Due to the sensitive nature of the topic we chose not to use
the real names of our participants or use identifiable information. Below is a description of our participants.
E is a writer. She comes from an intellectual family and has a strong interest in academic writing. She is very open-
minded and is an activist in the Bloomington community.We recruited E because she is a young woman that has
explored polyamory with her partner for a few years. She idealizes polyamory but has had little success in the
community. She is open to polyamory but is not actively seeking out members of the community and claims she
has rather an emotional and idealized view of polyamory. She described the difference between her‘fantasy’of
poly lifestyle and the reality she has experienced in her attempts at polyamorous relationships.
J is a young male graduate student in Indiana University. He has been in a polyamorous relationship for more than
a year. His interest in polyamory began when he witnessed his roommate’s happy and successful polyamorous
relationship.This encouraged him to explore polyamory. Some of his partners didn’t work out long term, but he
has a stable primary relationship with N. He has very open communication with his primary partner and informs
her of his additional partners. He has a very philosophical viewpoint regarding polyamory. He has no connection
with any polyamory communities including the local and online communities, because he doesn’t want to meet
just poly people, rather he’s interested in people that he meets through his regular routines. His non primary
partners can vary from sexual partners to very close emotional friendships.
M is a graduate student at Indiana University. Most of her relationship has been polyamorous since the age of
fourteen. At the age of 18, her boyfriend and her fell in love with a male and became a poly fidelous triad for over
10 years.They share 3 children together and are no longer together as a poly fidelous triadic marriage.Through
their divorce, one of her ex husbands is polyamorous and her other ex husband does not identify with the
polyamorous lifestyle. M is still polyamorous and does not envision every being monogamous.
Justin Garcia is a researcher at the Kinsey Institute. He studies how culture and technology contextualize and
shape our understanding of sex, romance, and intimacy. He has done research on how mobile technology has
changed sexual encounters. He said that“the most consistent feature of human sexuality is the remarkable
diversity which exists among individuals and cultures.”
“E”
“J”
“M”
Justin Garcia
Participant Profiles
5. Clark
Melissa
Jiaqi
Prianka
Before beginning this research project I was unfamiliar with polyamory as a concept. The concept is so
foreign to me that I had difficulty imagining the motivation for people to be in multiple simultaneous
committed romantic relationships. My definition of intimacy is connected directly with concept of
monogamy. Therefore it is difficult to imagine experiencing intimacy with multiple partners simultaneously.
For these reasons I was very interested in doing a research project with this community. It is an opportunity
to better understand an interesting and diverse community.
From a relatively conservative background, I don’t know much about polyamory people. I’m very curious
about this group of people and want to know more about them. I hope through this research I can have
a better understanding of polyamory people’s value, motivation, behavior and difficulty behind their
relationships. This helps me to be more empathetic about this community. I expect that we can design
something to help polyamory people.
I have never heard about polyamorous relationship before doing this project. But once I started trying to
know this community, I tried to think from their perspective. Different from polygamy, polyamory is not
about power and wealth, but about free will and individualism. My thought was stuck between trying to
figure out how polyamorous world will look like (in the future), and knowing how polyamorous community
live in a monogamy-dominated world. This topic raised my new exploration about individual existence. They
definitely have an expectation about polyamorous relationship. I want to do something to bridge the gap
between expectations and reality.
I had a basic understand of the polyamorous relationship or“many loves”. I am very open to people making
their own choices about their relationship or lifestyle preference. Having a few friends that are already
in polyamorous relationships, I had my own personal assumptions based on their experiences and my
subjectivity as their friend. Many of these relationship experiences dealt with jealousy or a one sided interest
in polyamory. Therefore, my personal opinions and biases dealt with polyamory being too complicated or
confusing. Having conducted these interviews, I now understand the motivations of wanting to stay open.
It’s not just about sex with others, but the intimate relationships people have with each other and a sense of
community within those groups.
Designers’ predispositions, standpoints, and
personal beliefs/agenda
6. Objectives and Scope
Through primary and secondary research, we began an analysis through affinity diagram to explore problem
spaces through qualitative data. Several themes began to emerge from our analysis and ranged from privacy
in openness, communication, jealousy, time management, roles & hierarchy, etc. However, definite problem
areas were not so clear due to the complexity of the data. Through more in-depth research, we can find
out specific problems that can be solved through technology and opportunities. We can use technology to
design better tools to help facilitate polyamorous relationships.
We are hoping to answer the following questions through user research:
1. How is privacy managed in an open relationship? For example, what information can be shared between
primary partner’s about their metamors and vice versa. How do they maintain privacy in open relationships
and what level of privacy do they need to keep? How do different roles that people play in one relationship
influence the level of privacy in other relationships?
2. Communication is key in a polyamorous relationship, especially with primary partners. Negotiations and
rules need to be made and followed so as not to cause distress in relationships and keep metamors and
primaries comfortable around each other. How does technology play a role in their communication?
3. One of the themes that emerged in our interviews was many people in polyamorous relationships
struggle with managing time spent with multiple partners. One of our interviewees described that his love
was not limited, but the constraint was his available time. How do people in polyamorous relationships
manage scheduling their time with multiple partners? Do they use technology to assist them with this task?
Is there specific tools that help poly people deal with this issue?
The scope of the user research is confined to the poly community in Bloomington. We have already
conducted primary research by interviewing three different members of the local poly community and
interviewing a researcher at the Kinsey Institute. We recorded the interviews through audio recording and
field notes. Because of the sensitive nature of this topic we did not photograph our subjects. In the future,
we will use non-identifiable photography during our participatory ideation session, to document the
ideation process.
The goals/objectives of the user research
The scope and sources of the user research
7. Fieldsite & Recruitment
Fieldsite
Recruitment Plan
We conducted the primary research in the Informatics Graduate Design Studio, the Kinsey Institute, Prianka’s
home and one participant’s home. Considering the privacy issue, in the future, we will provide several field
sites for participants to choose, which include participant’s home, Informatics Graduate Design Studio and
the SPEA library.
One member of our research team, Prianka, had contacts with members of the local poly community
in Bloomington. To recruit participants we posted a description of the project to Facebook asking for
participation. People replied and we set up interviews with them. Because they knew a member of our team,
it was easy for us to build rapport and make them feel comfortable. They were all interested in the project
and happy to help with our research. Many of our participants also introduced us to additional contacts
within the community and acted as intermediary between us and their contacts. This is how we recruited
many subjects for the next phase of our research project, the participatory ideation session.
Participation in our study is voluntary, therefore we won’t provide financial incentives. Participants want to
be involved because they are interested in our research and they are curious about the result of our research.
If possible, we will provide snacks and drinks in the participatory design session.
8. Data Collection Methods
We will use semi-structured interview, documentary photography*, experience mapping approaches and
observational study to collect data for this research project.
*No faces or discernable features will be visible.
We chose interviews as the first method in order to fact find through personal accounts and narratives from
our subjects and researcher. Listening to personal stories and specific details about people’s experiences
helped us gain a rich understanding of this community. We learned what intimacy means in the modern
age in the context of the poly community in Bloomington. From several interviews, we developed a deep
understanding of the diversity and complexity of this community. We discovered through our research
different attitudes, behaviors, motivations and goals that exist in the Bloomington poly community.
We can use this method for documenting their experience in two stages:
• The overall journey of their personal accounts from being interested in polyamory to transitioning into the
lifestyle and to where they are now in their lifestyle whether polyamorous or otherwise.
• Almost a week’s worth of experience of their life, including the activities and routines in their lives as well as
their range of emotions that they may go through.
By having them documenting their life, we can motivate them to reflect on their lifestyle to generate
problems and opportunities for design. From experience mapping, we can also see the micro aspects of
their life, which may include how they use technology to communicate, negotiate, manage time, etc. This
method will allow us to dig deeper into their lives and explore deeply embedded facts that may help us
frame opportunities or connect problem spaces. Through this self-reflection of their lives, we can also
engage them in co-creation in design.
Experience Mapping
Semi-structured Interviews
9. Participatory Design Facilitation Session
Documentary Photography
Observation
We will conduct a participatory design facilitation session with members of the local poly community during
the ideation phase of the design process. Because of the complexities of the poly community and varying
degrees of lifestyles, by bringing the community together through design, we can resolve the disconnect
of the complexities and focus on the solutions. Careful attention to detail is critical in a participatory design
facilitation session, especially one with privacy concerns. By providing clear instructions and visuals through
our tools, having a clear schedule, staging the room, and by providing uniform materials (pens, markers, glue
scissors, etc.), we will build a comforting environment for our participants in our facilitation. This session will
include a warm up exercise that will have the user doing a mini iteration of problem solving process in order to
prime them to solve the real problem through ideation through prototyping. We are hoping to deploy the new
method in the participatory design facilitation session. Once they have designed a solution, we will have them
evaluate the prototypes and have a follow up discussion about the session and their experiences within it.
We will use the following methods to record data during the session.
We are currently planning a participatory design workshop. After we receive permission from participants,
we will use non-identifiable photography in this session to record the process. Through the use of
photography, we are able to document the PD workshop and the process our participants use to create low
fidelity prototypes. Documentary photography will allow us to go back and see exactly how it was when
they were conducting the field study. The visual samples contain more information about the environment
than simple field notes, which help us understand more about the context. As a result, we can review the
photographs again and again in order to generate new or more useful design insights based on new items
that we see that we may have missed the first time.
During the PD workshop two of the four researchers will observe and document the workshop by taking
detailed field notes. These notes will include important moments, facial expression, body language, and quotes.
10. We need to provide clear instructions about how to create the map. Since this may take some time and happen
over a period of a few days, we need to check in with subject everyday to make sure they understand what
they need to do and can ask us questions at any time. We also need to conduct a brief interview with each
subject after they finish the experience map. During the interview, we will use audio and notes to record their
rationale behind each part of the map the subjects create. We are deploying this activity Thursday, April 18th
and will take about 4-5 days to conduct.
Data Collection Protocol
During interviews, we used an iPhone to record audio of the conversation. Clark was usually responsible for
recording the audio. Clark, Melissa, Jiaqi and Prianka were responsible for taking notes. When someone is
asking questions, the other three would take notes. Notes included both main points, facial expression, body
language, and minor interactions.
Interview sessions lasted between 30 minute to 1 and a half hours. We conducted interviews at places that
were private locations for our subjects. After an introductions, we asked permission to record audio for
research purpose only. We placed the recorder where all researchers and subject’s voices could be clearly
recorded. We gently reminded the subject that they can choose not to answer certain questions if they
don’t want to. Because this topic deals with personal issues that may be sexual in nature, we had to remain
respectful and cautious throughout the interview session. When we asked personal questions we let them
know that it would be an intimate question and that they didn’t have to answer it if they did not want to.
These are the areas we explored in our initial set of interviews.
• Multiple partners
• Role & hierarchy of partners
• Jealousy
• Rules/protocols/negotiations
• Time management
• Lifestyle public of privacy
• Kids
• Parents
• Grandparents
• Workplace
• Aging
• Activities
• Friends
Semi-structured Interviews
Experience Map
• Emotional involvement
• What online resources
• Pros/cons
• Online/physical community
• Intimacy of community
• Open communication and
privacy
• Marriage
• Ownership
• House
• Finances
• Custody
11. Because of the unique aspect of this community and the sensitivity of the subject matter it is important
for our participants to feel comfortable during the session. The participatory design session will last for
1-2 hours. Before the workshop, everyone is asked to fill in a consent form. We will make sure we get the
permission of observing and recording.
During our participatory facilitation, we will conduct a priming method that to“warm-up”our participants
before ideating on a solution, this should take about 20 minutes. This will enable them to go quickly through
a problem solving process without realizing it before the real problem that will be presented. Through
ideation and prototyping a new solution, they will be able to develop a solution based on their experiences
and then they will evaluate others work and combine various aspects of their work to develop a final
solution together. There will be a 20-minute discussion session to reflect on their experiences through the
session. One researcher will lead the session while another will keep time and provide some help in leading
the session. Two of the researchers will document the experience through recording and photography.
Participatory Design Facilitation Session
Observational Study
Evaluation of prototypes & follow up discussion
We will use the same note taking method we learned during the contextual inquiry and ethnographic
research projects. We will adopt a standardized note form so it will be easy for researchers to share
notes with each other. Including how to record time stamps, research comments, and notes about facial
expression and body language.
The subjects will have time to evaluate the prototypes and decide which aspects of the prototypes they
thought worked well and to develop one new prototype together. This will allow them to resolve the
disconnect because of the complexities of polyamorous lifestyle. Through the follow up discussion, we aim
to provide an environment to receive feedback from our session as well as dig deeper into the decision
making that went into each of our subject’s design process in the facilitation session.