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Coleman, G. W., Macaulay, C., & Newell, A. F. (2006). Listen to this: Using ethnography to inform the design of auditory interfaces. Haptic and Audio Interaction Design, Proceedings, 2006, 133–144. 
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Resource type: Journal Article
DOI: 10.1007/11821731_13
ID no. (ISBN etc.): 978-3-540-37595-1
BibTeX citation key: Coleman2006a
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Keywords: Auditory interfaces, Culture
Creators: Coleman, Macaulay, Newell
Collection: Haptic and Audio Interaction Design, Proceedings		 Views: 5/973
Abstract
Within the wider Human-Computer Interaction community, many researchers have turned to ethnography to inform systems design. However, such approaches have yet to be fully utilized within auditory interface research, a field hitherto driven by technology-inspired design work and the addressing of specific cognitive issues. It is proposed that the time has come to investigate the role ethnographic methods have to play within auditory interface design. We begin by discussing “traditional” ethnographic methods by presenting our experiences conducting a field study with a major UK-based computer games developer, highlighting issues pertinent to the design of auditory interfaces, before suggesting ways in which such techniques could be expanded to consider the role sound plays in people’s lived experiences and thus merit further research.
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Notes
Using concepts of computer game sound to design more general auditory interfaces.
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p.137   Describe ethnographic fieldwork by Feld in which the Kaluli tribe of Papua New Guinea conceptualize the world primarily in an auditory manner rather than visual.

Feld, S., Sound and Sentiment: Birds, Weeping, Poetics and Song in Kaluli Expression. 2nd Edition ed. 1990, Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.   Added by: Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard