Expectations Vs Reality of Conducting Ethnographic Research in Nigeria to Inform Autonomous Ground Vehicles Design

Ibrahim, MA; Williams, E; Hansen, S

Expectations Vs Reality of Conducting Ethnographic Research in Nigeria to Inform Autonomous Ground Vehicles Design

Ibrahim, MA Williams, E Hansen, S

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Publisher:: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publication Type:: Conference Proceeding
Citation:: Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 2024, pp. 1-8
Issue Date:: 2024-05-11

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dc.contributor.author	Ibrahim, MA
dc.contributor.author	Williams, E
dc.contributor.author	Hansen, S https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5530-7056
dc.date.accessioned	2025-01-21T04:07:11Z
dc.date.available	2025-01-21T04:07:11Z
dc.date.issued	2024-05-11
dc.identifier.citation	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, 2024, pp. 1-8
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/183943
dc.description.abstract	We present a comparative reflection of our experiences designing and conducting ethnographic user research in understudied real-world contexts - Nigerian road traffic. We present our experiences planning and doing fieldwork to investigate and map Nigerian road users' on-road experiences and perspectives on trust and safety in real-world traffic, towards identifying design factors to inform trustworthy autonomous ground vehicle design. We compare our expectations and plans for the fieldwork to the reality of conducting the research in a multicultural country like Nigeria. We describe how some contextual research factors - including geopolitical, institutional, cultural, infrastructural, safety, and trust factors - affected the fieldwork, and how we addressed them by adapting the methodology to be suitable for the research contexts, populations, and societies. Our insights may be useful for researchers designing or conducting ethnographic research in multicultural communities to capture understudied perspectives to inform technology design practices in a culturally sensitive manner.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
dc.relation.ispartof	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
dc.relation.ispartof	Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1145/3613905.3637115
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1202 Building, 1503 Business and Management
dc.subject.classification	3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
dc.title	Expectations Vs Reality of Conducting Ethnographic Research in Nigeria to Inform Autonomous Ground Vehicles Design
dc.type	Conference Proceeding
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pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
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dc.date.updated	2025-01-21T04:07:10Z
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Abstract:

We present a comparative reflection of our experiences designing and conducting ethnographic user research in understudied real-world contexts - Nigerian road traffic. We present our experiences planning and doing fieldwork to investigate and map Nigerian road users' on-road experiences and perspectives on trust and safety in real-world traffic, towards identifying design factors to inform trustworthy autonomous ground vehicle design. We compare our expectations and plans for the fieldwork to the reality of conducting the research in a multicultural country like Nigeria. We describe how some contextual research factors - including geopolitical, institutional, cultural, infrastructural, safety, and trust factors - affected the fieldwork, and how we addressed them by adapting the methodology to be suitable for the research contexts, populations, and societies. Our insights may be useful for researchers designing or conducting ethnographic research in multicultural communities to capture understudied perspectives to inform technology design practices in a culturally sensitive manner.

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