Andy Crabtree
Research Interests: Summary
Dr. Andy Crabtree is a sociologist, with a particular interest in ethnomethodology, who has conducted a wide range of ethnographic studies of social interaction in the workplace, libraries, tourist offices, virtual environments, the home, and mixed reality settings as part of interdisciplinary research into the collaborative character of computing. Current research is funded by the EPSRC Equator Interdisciplinary Research Collaboration and focuses on understanding the collaborative character of technology use in the home and the collaborative nature of mixed reality gaming. Previous research includes the EU Disappearing Computer Initiative ACCORD project, which focussed on the development of new and emerging technologies for the domestic environment; the Esprit Long-Term Research Project eSCAPE, which focussed on the development of new forms of virtual environment; and the Dragon Project, an industry-academia partnership which focussed on the development of a global customer service system to support the business of container shipping. Andy Crabtree is the author of Designing Collaborative Systems: A Practical Guide to Ethnography, published by Springer-Verlag. Available online at Springer or Amazon (follow the link for reviews) |