Slides from a skype talk that I gave to a graduate seminar on digital scholarship at University of Oregon. Parts of this talk are taken from my "Digital Ethnography" bog post series at Ethnography Matters: http://ethnographymatters.net/2012/10/27/on-digital-ethnography-part-one-what-do-computers-have-to-do-with-ethnography/

1. Digital
Ethnography:
Computational
&
multimodal
approaches
to
8ieldwork
and
ethnographic
representation
Wendy Hsu
Postdoctoral Fellow
Center for Digital Learning & Research
Occidental College
hsuw@oxy.edu
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2. How do digital and computational technologies
facilitate processes of fieldwork and ethnographic
representation?
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3. field research
data collection
data processing
data analysis
Ethnographic representation
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4. multimodality
scalability
augmented empiricism + immersion
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7. vertical immersion
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8. field data collection field data exploration
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9. A
Taqwacore
Digital
Diaspora
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10. A
Taqwacore
Digital
Diaspora
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11. What is the geographical distribution of
the musicians’ Myspace friends?
What does the musicians’ digital diaspora look like?
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15. lat
lon
username
location / link
iconSize
iconOffset icon
39.952335
-75.163789
Sunny Ali & the Kid
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.myspace.com/249012225
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
41.850033
-87.6500523
Al-Thawra
CHICAGO, Illinois http://www.myspace.com/161456047
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
30.375321
69.345116
Dead Bhuttos
Pakistan http://www.myspace.com/182738567
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
31.54505
74.340683
Noble Drew
LAHORE, Nehr-o-Nehr http://www.myspace.com/399152518
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
22.277493
114.16824
The Fatsumas
starters. http://www.myspace.com/84108530
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
40.7142691
-74.0059729
Michael Muhammad Knight
New York http://www.myspace.com/220205473
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
42.299795
-71.426627
Dankill
Framingham, Massachusetts http://www.myspace.com/19780
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
42.3875968
-71.0994968
Handsome Chuck
somerville, MASSACHUSETTS http://www.myspace.com/24961
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
6.042681
102.1391122
Pompuan_akit_jiwa
PasIr-MaS, KelaNtaN, MY http://www.myspace.com/27249
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
47.162494
19.503304
–Øaphael
Hungary http://www.myspace.com/40317
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
38.893375
-77.022942
Majda
DC Area,Virginia http://www.myspace.com/41488
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
39.7150631
-86.2977342
Andrea Niceschwander
we are a brutal kind... http://www.myspace.com/65716
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
32.802955
-96.769923
Alexis Nicole Pimperton
Dallas, Texas, US http://www.myspace.com/77352
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
26.640628
-81.8723084
Mo-zilla
Ft. Myers, Florida http://www.myspace.com/102945
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
37.8215929
-121.9999606
Osman
Danville, CALIFORNIA http://www.myspace.com/103093
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
39.952335
-75.163789
SassyBritches
philadelphia, Pennsylvania http://www.myspace.com/105998
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
40.7159357
-73.9868057
C(see)Squat
LOWER EAST SIDE, New York http://www.myspace.com/110390
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
42.3492506
-71.0750332
Amit
02116, Massachusetts http://www.myspace.com/122102
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
40.7364911
-73.8779136
Clay N. Ferno
ELMHURST, New York http://www.myspace.com/123247
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
53.4107766
-2.9778383
THRASHGIG
LIVERPOOL http://www.myspace.com/129891
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
34.0522342
-118.2436849
Nahal Bahal
Los Angeles, California http://www.myspace.com/132615
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
-27.46874
-58.80531
Musicians Exchange
RIZATEK http://www.myspace.com/134537
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
36.778261
-119.4179324
Ali Wali
SF BAY AREA/LA/OC, CALIFORNIA http://www.myspace.com/145148 21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
41.153332
20.168331
Sehej
Albania http://www.myspace.com/146522
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
38.4404674
-122.7144314
Dilluminatti
Santa Rosa, California, US http://www.myspace.com/151660
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
36.778261
-119.4179324
LSS
San Fran ( in delhi for a few) , California, US http://www.myspace.com/164464 21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
38.9059849
-77.0334179
saracen
dc http://www.myspace.com/191181
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
34.0211224
-118.3964665
Samir
Culver City(L.A.), California http://www.myspace.com/201875
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
34.5008311
-117.1858759
Reshma
Apple Valley, California http://www.myspace.com/221129
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
36.114646
-115.172816
CHRIS MASSES
Las Vegas, Nevada, US http://www.myspace.com/222319
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
40.0583238
-74.4056612
Fuerza Dulce
West Staines Massive, New Jersey http://www.myspace.com/257373 21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
39.5500507
-105.7820674
in limbo, COLORADO http://www.myspace.com/265905
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
38.2541667
-85.7602778
bigthinc.
Louisville, Kentucky http://www.myspace.com/280065
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
37.7141454
-122.25
Miss.Banga
San Francisco-Bay Area http://www.myspace.com/290508
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
41.7858629
-88.1472893
d3z
Naperville, Illinois, US http://www.myspace.com/290767
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
40.7142691
-74.0059729
JuliaGhoulia
NEW YORK http://www.myspace.com/300958
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
38.8951118
-77.0363658
George W
Washington D.C. http://www.myspace.com/306065 21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
33.7877944
-117.8531119
Your Singaporean Soldier
Orange, CALIFORNIA http://www.myspace.com/328555
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
53.7608608
-98.8138763
Omar X Kinnarath
The Peg Gritty., Manitoba http://www.myspace.com/330034
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
42.6334247
-71.3161718
jonathan
Lowell, Massachusetts http://www.myspace.com/342176
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
37.826325
-81.142507
Pulin (believes in you)
Veganville,Virginia, US http://www.myspace.com/354312
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
25.7742657
-80.1936589
J
Miami, Florida http://www.myspace.com/359596
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
42.3094288
-71.0854325
Steve Theo
Boston/Cambridge, MASSACHUSETTS http://www.myspace.com/404205
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
33.530904
-117.7738916
The Legend of SWITCHBLAAliso Viejo (1503), California, US http://www.myspace.com/40687121,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
34.0423446
-118.3461948
KillRadio.org
Non-Corporate Media From the Heart of Los Angeles http://www.myspace.com/407004
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev
42.6055893
-83.1499304
Reena Evita
Troy, MICHIGAN http://www.myspace.com/413644
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
41.9028099
-87.7208896
bradley
Humboldt Park, Chicago, Illinois http://www.myspace.com/434741
21,25
-10,-25
http://www.openlayers.org/dev/img/marker.png
Geocoding...
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16. Geospatial Visualization
Map link: http://beingwendyhsu.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/kominasmap.html
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21. multimodality
web text
webscraping
data
geo-spatial
mapping
visual
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22. horizontal immersion
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23. deepening the sensory engagement
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24. multimodality scalability
working with sounds
in visual terms
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27. Ethnographic Representation
thinking beyond the monograph
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28. multimodality
algorithmically determined modes of display
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29. multimodal ethnographic site authored by Kim Christen
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31. questions?
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