The following is a true story of wage theft. In the summer of 2011, I conducted interviews with individuals who…
Stories of Wage Theft: Patricio G.
The following is a true story of wage theft. In the summer of 2011, I conducted interviews with individuals who…
Tips for starting a new job: Play the role of anthropologist
Image courtesy Understanding Science In my search for advice on starting a new job, I encountered this 2006 article…
Entrepreneurship and informal economies
I’m very fascinated by the ways in which people supplement or create incomes through informal and underground economies. These are…
What makes a good ethnographer?
What makes a good ethnographer? Members of the Ethnography Forum group at LinkedIn have been holding an ongoing discussion regarding…
Lessons learned: the challenges of moderating non-English-speaking focus groups
Last Thursday I had the opportunity to moderate my first ever Spanish-language focus group as part of a project I’m…
Interview questions for people with anthropology/social science backgrounds
Now that there’s a big, bright light at the end of the job search tunnel (I got a job!), I…
Reflections of an unemployed anthropologist
Yes, I drew this awesome picture using MS Paint. A discussion over at the AAA LinkedIn group got me thinking…
Poor people are the experts on poverty
If we were doing a research study looking at poverty, who would we turn to for domain expertise? Typically it…
Technology in Church
Last Sunday I was invited to attend services at a local church here in Memphis. I got to know the…
Anthropologizing 