(via Xirdalium) Understanding Media Practices was the name of one of the numerous workshops at the conference Europe and the World by the European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA).
Some papers are now freely available:
The online nomad… more »
Category: "cyberanthropology"
by lorenz on Aug 27, 2006 in technology, corporate & business anthropology, applied anthropology, cyberanthropology, internet
Anne Kirah, a senior Microsoft anthropologist, says IT staff believe they’re supporting workplace productivity by limiting private use of the Net. But they may be doing the opposite. Companies that filter Internet access or block IM communications are go… more »
E-mail is so last millennium. Young people see it as a good way to reach an elder - a parent, teacher or a boss - or to receive an attached file. But email is increasingly losing favor to instant and text messaging, according to an ap-article:
Much li… more »
by lorenz on Jul 8, 2006 in Us and Them, globalisation, fieldwork / methods, Northern America, migration, anthropology (general), cyberanthropology, internet, websites • 3 comments »
(via Livejournal Anthropology Community) Jesse de Leon, Master’s student in Social Anthropology, has started blogging on his research on Filipino bloggers - a very interesting blog about migration, transnationalism, identity and internet research. In hi… more »
by Denise on Jun 14, 2006 in anthropology (general), cyberanthropology, GUEST BLOGGING • 8 comments »
Apologies for the delay since my last post but I have started a new job at the Cyberspace Research Unit at the University of Central Lancashire and that has been a bit hectic – I am now living in Lincolnshire, working in Preston and Lodging in Liverpool.… more »
by lorenz on Jun 3, 2006 in Us and Them, Africa, journal articles / papers, cyberanthropology, internet • 3 comments »
Email scams constitute the third largest industry in Nigeria, after oil and drugs. These email-scammers succeed because they play on stereotypical understandings of Africa, anthropologist Elina Hartikainen concludes in paper, that she presented at a conf… more »
by Denise on May 25, 2006 in technology, anthropology (general), media, cyberanthropology, internet, GUEST BLOGGING • 7 comments »
In 1974, fascinated, I pressed my nose to the window at UMIST and watched huge tapes turning on large metal boxes that filled the ground floor of the building – yes – it was that big! Operators and programmers were hurrying around wearing white lab coats… more »
Is there life after a PhD? and Internet Nicknames – what’s in a name? are the titles of the first entries in a new anthropology blog by Denise Carter.
She has recently completed her PhD in Social Anthropology at the University of Hull, UK. Many might… more »
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