I research how technology makes us human. 中文
I listen to people's stories and I watch people play. As a cultural sociologist, I use a range of ethnographic methods to create socially and commercially relevant insights about how people use digital tools in their day to day lives. I work with strategists, engineers, and designers to understand the intersection between people and new technologies. I write and give talks about my observations & findings. I want to collaborate with people who care about their users, so let's chat! For speaking inquiries, please contact The China Speaker's Bureau.
Updates: I will be speaking at Lift 12 in Geneva, Switzerland in Feburary. / I just joined 八八吧 88 Bar's Chinese media & tech blogging crew. / Heather Ford and I co-started Ethnography Matters. / The paper Barry Brown and I co-wrote about our research on cellphones use in Mexico has been published.
ongoing field notes and thoughts on the socio-cultural contexts of technology usage in low-income communities.
thoughts on the intersection of people, computing, cities, and the spatrial production of knowledge and practices
daily observations on how youth & migrant interaction with digital technologies are changing the future of China and the world
a research blog on the rhetoric and history of "free-information"
group blog exploring what it means to be an ethnographer today
group blog about technology, media and design in the Greater China region
