# **Design Ethnography Undergraduate Course** Designed and integrated doctoral research content into an undergraduate product design course (IDE311). Developed course materials including cultural probes, field observation protocols, and a presentation on triangulation theory. Guided students through ethnographic field studies of social spaces within the university campus. Collected research data by observing use of support materials and card toolkit developed as part of doctoral research through student's design process. ## Exhibition during Milan Design Week, 2024 Politecnico di Milano | Italy Link: https://www.interdependence.polimi.it/2024/catalogue.html During the initial weeks of the course, we guided 9 design students through ethnographic observations, teaching them how to uncover and analyze human-environment interactions in urban spaces. The outcomes of these early explorations using design probes were exhibited at during **Milan Design Week 2024 at Interdependence Exhibition**.![[ozu_seats and locations_a3_low.jpg]] ![[05_Public_Website/00_Current Online Live/Images_WebsiteSelection/C.4.jpg]] ![[05_Public_Website/00_Current Online Live/Images_WebsiteSelection/C.5.jpg]] ![[05_Public_Website/00_Current Online Live/Images_WebsiteSelection/C.6.jpg]] ![[05_Public_Website/00_Current Online Live/Images_WebsiteSelection/5.15.jpg]] ![[05_Public_Website/00_Current Online Live/Images_WebsiteSelection/Screenshot 2025-10-08 at 21.45.55.jpg]] ![[05_Public_Website/00_Current Online Live/Images_WebsiteSelection/5.19 copy.jpg]] ![[05_Public_Website/00_Current Online Live/Images_WebsiteSelection/C.7.jpg]]