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Category: applied anthropology
21/03/10
23:05:18, by Lorenz 
. Categories: corporate & business anthropology, gift economy gift giving, Us and Them, applied anthropology, media, cyberanthropology The end of one-way communication - Anthropologists help news providers and advertisers
For the second time, Associated Press has engaged anthropologists in order to improve its services. The first research project, conducted by Context-Based Research Group, revealed that people - contrary to what AP believed - wanted more breadth and dept… more »
15/01/10
05:17:08, by Lorenz . Categories: development empowerment, applied anthropology, medical anthropology / ethnobothany, poverty, Caribbean Haiti Earthquake: Worldwide solidarity, a common humanity? (updated)
(Hatiain Children up in the mountains. Image: Matt Dringenberg, flickr) (post in progress) "Anthropology to me is all about human connexions, about a common humanity", said Dai Cooper from the Anthropology Song. "B… more »
23/12/09
02:18:18, by Lorenz . Categories: technology, gift economy gift giving, applied anthropology, media, journal articles / papers, cyberanthropology, internet Exploring the honor culture of social media
How can businesses profit from social media? How does social media challenge what is regarded as "value" in the business world? Anthropologist Lene Pettersen discusses these and other questions in her paper "The impact of social media for business".
L… more »
23/07/09
When should anthropologists work for the military?
The debate on anthropology and the military is extremly polarized. Mats Utas, Head of the Africa Programme at the Swedish National Defence College, has written an interesting article where he challenges both sides. Among other things, he shows that there… more »
20/06/09
03:10:13, by Lorenz . Categories: politics, religion cosmology, Us and Them, Europe, applied anthropology, University / Academia, ethics Militarisation of Research: Meet the Centre for Studies in Islamism and Radicalisation
We have discussed a lot about the strengthening ties between the military and universities in the USA and Britain, but similar things are happening in Scandinavia. And there is no public debate about it here.
One example is a research center that was… more »
18/04/09
13:32:40, by Lorenz . Categories: Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, applied anthropology, anthropology (general) Military Anthropology, HIV and the Engaged University: SfAA Podcasts online
Their first set of conference podcasts in 2007 was a huge success. Now, Jen Cardew and her team published a large number of new recordings from the 2009 conference of the Society of Applied Anthropology.
It seems to have a been an interesting conferen… more »
06/01/09
14:31:25, by Lorenz . Categories: corporate & business anthropology, applied anthropology, University / Academia What is good applied anthropology?
Most anthropologists work outside the university where they don't enjoy academic freedom. These anthropologists must be better prepared for the perils of non-academic applied work, Brian McKenna writes in Counterpunch. For good applied anthropology is be… more »
09/11/08
14:34:20, by Lorenz . Categories: corporate & business anthropology, culture traditions, applied anthropology Used anthropology to predict the financial crisis
She spent a year in Tajikistan during her PhD, looking after goats. Two years ago, she predicted the current financial crisis. "I happen to think anthropology is a brilliant background for looking at finance," anthropologist Gillian Tett, assistant edito… more »
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