Hi Folks, Here is some new research by Heather Ford. Take a look and let us know what you think.  Heather and I will be hosting a webinar on this topic soon.<br><br>Heather <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>

From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Heather Ford</b> <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:hford@...">hford@...</a>&gt;</span><br>Date: Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 6:05 AM<br>Subject: {Ushahidi-Research} New research report on Wikipedia source management<br>

To: <a href="mailto:ushahidi-research@...">ushahidi-research@...</a><br><br><br><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi there,<div><br></div><div>We&#39;ve just published the report for the <i>Understanding Sources</i> ethnographic study of Wikipedia sources - including the case study of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution article <a href="http://scr.bi/NfsKQg" target="_blank">http://scr.bi/NfsKQg</a>. This report forms part of a project to explore successful communities&#39; management of sources to inform the development of SwiftRiver.</div>

<div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve found it really interesting to use <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grounded_theory" target="_blank">grounded theory</a> methodology to study Wikipedia and Wikipedians and would love to meet other ethnographers/researchers who are using similar methods. I&#39;ve been documenting some of my challenges/successes on the new <a href="http://ethnographymatters.net/" target="_blank">ethnographymatters.net</a> such as the one here: <a href="http://bit.ly/NfvfSv" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/NfvfSv</a> and we&#39;re looking for other researchers to contribute if anyone is interested. </div>

<div><br></div><div>I feel like doing this kind of work is an adventure in problem-solving so it would be great if there are others who are finding the same challenges. </div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Heather.</div>

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<div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Heather Ford </div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Ethnographer: Ushahidi / SwiftRiver</div><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><a href="http://ushahidi.com/" target="_blank">http://ushahidi.com</a> </div>

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