![]() ![]() With a slight bit of repurposing, I found it to be a potentially useful presentation tool for multi-sited ethnographies in the mode of “following the object.” Case in point, my source map of the distribution of secondhand computers arriving from the US and Europe to Ghana. ![]() Source Map – is a project based out of the MIT Media Lab for documenting and publicizing the global supply chains of manufactured goods. To the extent however that ethnography and historiography are complementary practices, this could be quite useful to have available. It describes itself as “Google Maps, but for time.” I have not yet found a use for this and it pegs itself primarily as a tool for history students. Time Glider – a standard timeline-building application. Of course the limits here are linear time and Cartesian space, which may be too limiting for some of us… One to display data, description, analysis across time (TimeGlider) and another that helps to display it across space (Source Map). Presentation tools – it’s worth exploring ways of presenting data and analysis beyond prose or PowerPoint. Like I said…really wish I’d tried this out before investing so much time in NVivo. The interface that displays interview transcripts and codes is simple, clean, and easy to browse. Because it is a web app, it is particularly useful for team projects allowing multiple team members to contribute to coding interview transcripts. This is a lightweight, clean and easy to use qualitative data analysis web app that works with Safari, Firefox, and Chrome web browsers (but not Microsoft IE). Saturate App – I really wish I’d tried Saturate App out before I invested so much time importing my interview transcripts and field notes into NVivo. ![]() It’s also possible to share tagged audio files and to sync with Dropbox. However, What this app offers that my Zoom recorder does not, is an interface for tagging interviews making it easier to browse and revisit specific sections. I still prefer my Zoom H2 Recorder which produces incredibly high quality recordings under difficult (noisy, windy) conditions. Highlight 2.1 – is audio recorder software for iPhone and iPad. Here are a few I have tried (and recommend) or plan to try in the near future… At any rate, the range of tools has broadened considerably. I suppose being able to search within documents was an efficiency improvement on the practice that predated it, arranging and rearranging notecards. I should note that this was after 2000, but prior to the arrival of the iPhone and the whole world of apps that came along with it. For my field notes and interview transcripts I used Word documents. I lost the recordings for a couple of interviews that way. I was pretty cheap at the time, so I would sometimes reuse the cassette tapes after completing a transcript. I had a cassette tape recorder and a big stack of blank cassette tapes. The tools I used for my dissertation research were extremely simple. ![]()
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