Anthropologists in Practice is an ongoing series of interviews featuring practicing anthropologists who work outside the academy. The goal of … More
Tag: applied anthropology
Anthropology Works: Practicing Anthropology in Design and Business
UPDATE: The original article I wrote for Anthropology News has been archived behind a paywall, and is unavailable unless you … More
Practicing Anthropology in Design and Business – Portland State University Presentation
These are my slides from a talk I gave at Dr. Jeremy Spoon‘s undergraduate Applied Anthropology class at Portland State … More
Anthropologists in Practice: An Interview with Janne Flisrand, Network Weaver and Owner of Flisrand Consulting
Anthropologists in Practice is an ongoing series of interviews featuring practicing anthropologists who work outside the academy. The goal of … More
“Just another dad on his cellphone”: Evernote as Field Notebook
Editor’s note: What is the “right way” to take and organize research fieldnotes? In this guest post, David Keyes explores his … More
[Book Review] Practical Ethnography: A Guide to Doing Ethnography in the Private Sector by Sam Ladner
I always eagerly anticipate new contributions to the field of business and design anthropology because it’s an area of practice … More
“Fixing Culture”: The Case of Olive Garden
Tasteless, hotdog-bun-like bread sticks. Bland pasta sauce. Operational inefficiency. Excessive corporate spending on private jets and a crappy new logo. … More
Announcing the Release of a Special Theme Issue on Practicing Anthropology in the Private Sector
I’d like to announce the release of a special issue of the journal of Practicing Anthropology dedicated specifically to the … More
One Person’s Journey in Practicing Anthropology: A Slideshow Presentation
One Person’s Journey in Practicing Anthropology These are the slides I used in a February 2014 talk for Dr. Jeremy … More
Business & Design Anthropology sessions at the March 2014 Society for Applied Anthropology meetings
Coming of Age in the Corporate Context: Exploring the Non-Linear Transition from Student to Practitioner and Back Again Wednesday, March … More
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