Danah,
I use social network assessment with adolescents in various clinical and
research capacities. I have found it to be very helpful for teens, they often
report it as among their favorite research activities, e.g. I have a paper
coming out in the Journal of Primary Prevention that is a case study that
highlights using social network data as a part of a 3-dimensional profile
(individual, social, and environmental) for low-resource urban teens in
Washington DC.
Not sure if this is what you are looking for.
Best,
Michael Mason,Ph.D.

Danah Danah wrote:

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> Has anyone seen/done any work on the use of social networks as a tool for
> storytelling or jogging one's memory? Or has there been any work where
> externally generated social network (visualizations?) are given to an
> individual as a starting point for ethnographies? Or have they been used
> as an artifact that encourages self-reflection?
>
> I'm grappling with how social networks can be personally meaningful, not
> simply a tool for an outsider to analyze people/groups or a tool for
> indicating social status.
>
> Any leads or suggestions would be great!
>
> danah
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