Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Susanne Salehi, Healthcare Data Analyst

Anthropologists in Practice is an ongoing series of interviews featuring anthropologists (and professionals with anthropology training) and their varied work … More

Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Freelance Architect Allison Hennie

As part of a new series at Anthropologizing, I’ll be posting some interviews with practicing anthropologists about their professions, backgrounds, … More

Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Harmony Farner, Staff Associate at Econometrica, Inc.

As part of a new series at Anthropologizing, I’ll be posting some interviews with practicing anthropologists about their professions, backgrounds, … More

Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Stacey Burgin, Research Associate in the School of Social Work at UNC Chapel Hill

As part of a new series at Anthropologizing, I’ll be posting some interviews in the upcoming weeks with practicing anthropologists … More

Starting a job in Corporatelandia? Work it like an anthropologist

These days, lots of anthropologists (including recent anthropology grads) are finding work in the private sector, oftentimes as researchers, analysts, … More

First name: “Research Consultant”; Last name: “Anthropologist”

This automatic CV/resume reader is clearly really effective. Actually, I’ve seen this a few times when applying to companies that … More

How people really feel when we ask them to participate in an in-home research study

I found this image by soldierant while browsing the Flickr Commons for photos tagged with “ethnography”. Cute 🙂

It takes two: How researchers and clients can help facilitate successful ethnographic fieldwork

Image courtesy State Library and Archives of Florida Ethnographic research is an increasingly popular approach for understanding consumers and users … More

Business and design anthropology sessions at the 2013 Society for Applied Anthropology meetings

Here is a quick list of all of the business anthropology and consumer research-related sessions taking place at the upcoming … More

Working in the private sector: matters of contradiction, self-interest, practicality and personal values

This post began as a response to a question left by an anonymous reader of my blog on a previous … More