A Day in the Life of an Ethnographer

Meet Natalie and Sarah. They are both researchers with the social design firm, InWithForward. As ethnographers, they document how people live their lives. They literally ‘walk a mile in other people’s shoes.’

Natalie and Sarah spent time with street-involved Edmontonians over the last couple of winters in order to get to know them, to understand how they live, what their aspirations and motivations are, what works for them - and what doesn’t work.

Their research gave us the springboard for lots of ideas for the prototypes and interventions we’ve explored during the last three years, and provided the forum for street-involved folks to be able to share their wisdom about what kinds of support would really help them.

Want to know more about the kind of work Sarah and Natalie do? Watch this video that explores ‘a day in the life...’