Anthropological fieldwork in the Ubuntu development community

[Andreas Lloyd]

On 4/21/06, Senectus . <senectus at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> This is a great idea!

:-)

> I was listening to a documentary on  the Australian ABC Radio National
> about 6 weeks ago and it was a story about how Microsoft employ one of
> the worlds most leading Anthropologists to help them with everything
> from Office to the Xbox (including windows).
> I sorry I can't remember her name but I'm sure you'd be able to find
> it if you wanted.

Yes, her name is Anne Kirah. A lot of the relevant material is
referred to in this article:
http://tinyurl.com/ldh69

mind you, this is a anthropology page, and they tend to suspicious of
everything that sounds commercial in any way or form.

>
> It seems to me that an Anthropologist's input it _vital_ for an OS
> that is being billed as "For Humans" (and with Edgy Eft announced,
> potentially a timely offer).
> I believe we could particularly make use of this Field in area's of
> support and trouble shooting.
> I have some idea's I've been meaning to put down in writing about this
> and would be interested in your opinions.

Certainly! Feel free to send them to me.

>
> I for one, look forward to reading more about your studies and hope to
> help in some small way!
>
> Marcus

Thanks! I'm sure that once I get the fieldwork properly underway, I'll
take you up on that offer.

Andreas