Taking Video Beyond 'Hard Data' in User Centered Design

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss how the use of video in e.g. ethnographically inspired fieldwork can gain from looking at video as a design material rather than as ‘hard data’. The participatory nature of the video media is emphasised, and co-authoring is suggested to be potentially fruitful when design teams work with video. The paper introduces four cases, that suggest various ways of working with video as a design material