Tanya Rabourn on Ethnography

<p>My guest today is Tanya Rabourn. Tanya is a design strategist and researcher based in Dubai. Her focus is on service innovation for social impact. In this conversation, we discuss the role of ethnographic research in understanding the people and cultures served by design.</p> <h2>Listen to the full conversation</h2> <p><a href= "https://theinformeddotlife.files.wordpress.com/2020/09/the-informed-life-episode-45-tanya-rabourn.mp3"> Download episode 45</a></p> <span id="more-915"></span> <h2>Show notes</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/rabourn/">Tanya Rabourn on LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates">United Arab Emirates (UAE)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.uncdf.org">United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.utsystem.edu">The University of Texas</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mercycorps.org">Mercy Corps</a></li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo">Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/topics/service-design"> Service Design</a></li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Laptop_per_Child">One Laptop Per Child (OLPC)</a></li> <li><a href="https://amzn.to/36bn4Wq"><em>A Sociology of Monsters: Essays on power, technology, and domination</em></a> by John Law<br /></li> </ul> <p><em>Some show notes may include Amazon affiliate links. I get a small commission for purchases made through these links.</em></p> <h2>Read the full transcript</h2> <p><strong>Jorge:</strong> So, Tanya, welcome to the show.</p> <p><strong>Tanya:</strong> Thank you.</p> <h3>About Tanya</h3> <p><strong>Jorge:</strong> For folks who don’t know you, can you please tell us about yourself?</p> <p><strong>Tanya:</strong> Sure. I’m a design strategist and a researcher and I’m currently based in the UAE in Dubai. And I started out as a web designer back in the nineties, after I got my Masters in Information Science. I’ve been a