Planning a trip to Afghanistan in the winter, a process that includes conversations with a couple of colleagues about whether to go and what to …
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&#187 What’s is like working for BigCorps pillaging the intellect of people around the world for commercial gain? &#187 How do you sleep at night …
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On the road again – on a journey that will span four continents and some interesting destinations. For those of you who go in for that …
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Given the situation in Afghanistan how smart is it to conduct street/ad-hoc research on the ground? To answer this it’s worth reflecting on the working …
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One method we’ve experimented with here in Afghanistan is a varient of the ad-hoc, group street interview – an example above showing Panthea (interviewer) and …
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How does Ramadan – the Islamic month of fasting during which time the devout avoid eating and drinking between dawn and dusk, impact on your …
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Every time a client asks us to conduct design research we’re faced with two significant and often conflicting challenges: limited time to run the study; …
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