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DESIGN ETHNOGRAPHY

     Design ethnography as an elective for a business master? This sounds strange, but in the end it isn't. It is and will be a great class expanding the scope of thinking and seeing the world. 

     The first class was full of exercises and was a workshop-style. We have done an exercise with a sound ball, with music and sounds. Then we were split up in small group and had to do an exploration exercise (one of us had to be a human and had to explain, what banana or shoe lace was. The others were aliens, they had to listen and ask question, as they were not familiar with those objects). The discoveries were quite impressive and takeaways were also important. 

TRUCK FOR TRASH

     At a certain time on a certain date  people take out their separated trash (usually in white transparent plastic bags) and put it in a special place for a recycling truck to collect. The great thing about this track: it is so tiny (as many streets in our area are tiny) and it plays music (apparently this is a function of all trash trucks). The music is not intended for the driver, but for those who are outside. This is a very Japanese music that reminds me of some ring tones on old phones.