The Ethnographer of Communication at the Table: Building Cultural Competence, Designing Strategic Action

Sprain, Leah; Boromisza‐Habashi, David

doi:10.1080/00909882.2013.782418

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“…As a result, my written reflections included a combination of my accounts of joint stories emerging in situ during our walks together and explanations of participants' narratives in terms of their meanings for health (Gubrium and Holstein, 2008;Lindlof and Taylor, 2002). This combined writing process revealed meanings that helped me to make connections among 'study-related' information shared, spontaneous actions, and performed identities from an applied ethnographic perspective (Gee, 2011;Sprain and Boromisza-Habashi, 2013). For instance, I learned several members experienced a health scare prior to their participation at the walk.…”

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“…In addition, I discuss how applied ethnographic sensibilities influence my methodological interpretations. Our work as ethnographers not only generates knowledge from thick descriptions, but offers insight into strategic action, a precursor for transformative change (Hymes, 1974;Philipsen 1997;Sprain and Boromisza-Habashi, 2013). Embodied ethnography implicates the intersubjective nature of sense-making, which allows us to take stock of patterned meanings-in-context informed by everyday life (Coffey, 1999).…”

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Reflexive embodied ethnography with applied sensibilities: methodological reflections on involved qualitative research

Field‐Springer

2019

Qualitative Research

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In this article, I illustrate reflexive embodied ethnography with applied sensibilities as an approach for performing, interpreting, and applying qualitative research. I argue that we enter the field as embodied beings hoping to find significant insights with the potential to connect with other persons’ lived experiences, which in my work involves searching for answers to health conditions. Reflexive embodied ethnography: a) recognizes that each field experience potentially changes how we come to perceive, understand, and act in the world; b) receptively approaches our own and others’ responses to experiences that transcend language; and c) enhances our awareness that we also re-constitute worlds with our words. Applied ethnographic sensibilities include: a) reconstructing our social world through storied reflections grounded in our bodies; and b) revealing meanings that move us towards social action through examining discourse and ‘extra’ discourse-in-use.

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2019

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“…The importance of timely assessments and the timely delivery of feedback to the management team was noted by Carlson and Zmud (1999) and Sprain and Boromisza-Habashi (2013). Table 3 shows the frequency of participants' comments about focusing on efficient and timely communications.…”

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“…Some of the participants seemed to assume that a more formal assessment regime would provide more timely feedback, although they were unable to provide a clear explanation of why they believed that to be so. The importance of timely assessments and the timely delivery of feedback to the management team was noted by Carlson and Zmud (1999) and Sprain and Boromisza-Habashi (2013).…”

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Internal Strategies for Assessing Organizational Communication Channel Effectiveness

Murphy

2017

IJAMT

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Evolving communication technology, the increased volume of information needed by businesses and the intensified competitive environment have made internal company communication more critical to business success. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies for assessing the effectiveness of internal communication channels used by managers and leaders of three law firms in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The participating firms were recognized by their peers as being exceptionally well managed. Data from interviews and company documents were analyzed through the conceptual lens of channel expansion theory and the use of software coding to identify patterns and themes. Three important themes emerged: informal assessment strategies, indirect assessment strategies, and efficient versus timely assessments. The first theme suggested the effectiveness of an informal assessment strategy, depending on the size and complexity of the organization. The second theme reflected the effectiveness of an indirect assessment for organizations that lack the resources to support a more direct and specific assessment process. The third theme reflected the participants’ perceptions of informal and indirect assessments may be more efficient, the feedback from the assessments are often less timely. Managers may consider these themes in formulating communication policies. Small professional service firms, such as legal firms, provide important services to individuals, families, and businesses in their community.

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“…Thus, cultural discourses may provide inventional resources for developing public participation processes that build from cultural practices. This possibility suggests that cultural knowledge is not simply a matter of minimizing cultural clashes, but instead extends the possibility of drawing on cultural knowledge to design public participation from locally-relevant forms of strategic action (Sprain & Boromisza-Habashi, 2013;Townsend, 2013). Cultural discourses are valuable inputs because designing meaningful public engagement is a deceptively difficult task.…”

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Cultural Discourses of Public Engagement: Insights for Energy System Transformation

Reinig

Sprain

2016

Iowa State University Summer Symposium on Science Communication

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Our case study explores the public's roles in energy transition by examining public participation processes and their meanings in Boulder's Energy Future. Drawing on Cultural Discourse Analysis (Carbaugh, 2007b) as an analytical framework, we investigate discourses of public participation active in city council meetings as resources for generating insights about how to design more meaningful engagement practices. Our analysis traces meanings attached to attending and speaking at city council meetings, emailing council, outreach and education efforts, task force service, and voting. These practices and meanings provide insights for designing future public participation as well as theorizing public participation in energy governance.

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The Ethnographer of Communication at the Table: Building Cultural Competence, Designing Strategic Action

Cited by 22 publications

References 6 publications

Reflexive embodied ethnography with applied sensibilities: methodological reflections on involved qualitative research

Reflexive embodied ethnography with applied sensibilities: methodological reflections on involved qualitative research

Internal Strategies for Assessing Organizational Communication Channel Effectiveness

Cultural Discourses of Public Engagement: Insights for Energy System Transformation

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