Working with Text Logs: Some Early Experiences of Record and Reuse *
Andy Crabtree, Mark Rouncefield · 2005
In this paper we consider the notion of record and reuse as potential area of eSocial Science research, where the digital resources exploited by people in particular domains of action become resources for the social science analyst as well. We articulate the notion through a case study of the use of text logs in an ethnographic study of a mixed reality game, focusing on the work involved in using digital materials to develop broader requirements for the development of record and reuse applications and services. Accordingly a generic process of work is articulated through this case study and a suite of tools supporting record and reuse is identified to support social science research in the digital environment of the future.