When you examine people in context, synthesize their stories, and apply the results to solve a business or design problem (as my friend Steve Portigal defines it), you are conducting something people call ethnography, design research, user research, contextual inquiry, fieldwork, or whatever. Without getting into labeling it with a cool name, here are the best videos about this type of research activity. Videos are divided into four categories: introductory videos (mostly primers), examples (summaries or excerpts from such research studies), deeper dives (profound materials), and a fun category with a parody about ethnography.
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