James Howison
Traces as confirmation:
dealing with split archives and pacing
of life
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Trace Ethno Workshop
iConference 2015
Original work supported by03-41475, 04–14468, 05-27457 and 07–08437
Traces as confirmatory
• Participant observation findings in comparison to studies at the time:– Studies often focused on a single venue
(mailing list, tracker, or source code), but work wound it’s way across multiple venues
– The pacing of traces was vital to shaping interpretation but reading archives disguised this
To the Archives!
The evidence is here, somewhere.CC Credit: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hamadryades/
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