At a recent meeting with a client, the team and I were discussing observations from the interviews we had been … More
Category: applied anthropology
Business and design anthropology sessions at the March 2019 Society for Applied Anthropology conference
The preliminary program for the March 2019 Society for Applied Anthropology meetings is now available online. Here’s a list of … More
Behold the hot computer technology of 1985
What was it like to use a computer for chat, graphic design, banking or online shopping in the mid-1980s? What … More
Bridging anthropology and user experience design: an undergraduate’s path into an applied anthropology career
This is a special guest post by Melanie Zhang, a 2017 anthropology graduate of York University. She is currently studying for … More
Hello, It’s Me
My blog has been just about dead the past couple years, for one reason or another and then another (#Becauselife). … More
Practicing Anthropology in Design and Business – Portland State University Presentation, March 2018
On March 1st, 2018 I returned to Dr. Jeremy Spoon‘s undergraduate Applied Anthropology class at Portland State University, to give a … More
Great internet stuff: the not-so-weekly digest (#10)
Presenting another collection of most-highly-recommended articles, websites and ideas that shaped my thinking throughout the past few weeks. This week’s … More
Learning from colleagues in design research
One thing I love about my job is the privilege of working with other design/user experience researchers and learning from … More
What is a researcher? A personal manifesto
What is a researcher? There is no one path, no one exact job description, no one single approach or professional … More
Anthropologist, Business Owner and Transportation Activist Janne Flisrand Announces Campaign for Minneapolis City Council
Back in January of this year, I posted an interview with Janne Flisrand, a Minneapolis business owner and transportation activist, … More
Anthropologizing 