Manchester Online
MOST people believe the local pub is far more important to their community than the church, according to a survey published today. Kate Fox, social anthropologist and co-director of the Social Issues Research Centre, was asked to com… more »
Category: "fieldwork / methods"
by lorenz on Nov 9, 2004 in corporate & business anthropology, applied anthropology, fieldwork / methods • 2 comments »
The Grand Island Independent
Eight O'Clock Coffee Co. wanted its advertising push to hit people right where they live: in their own homes, just waking up in the morning, craving that first cup of coffee. To get the right look, the company turned to an… more »
by lorenz on Nov 5, 2004 in corporate & business anthropology, applied anthropology, fieldwork / methods, websites
This site's layout looks like as if it was last updated in the early 90s, but this is because it is a traditional wiki - a site that everybody is allowed to edit. Besides the guide "How to do Ethnographic Research", you'll also find a list of "Companies… more »
Los Angeles Times / KTLA TV
Teamwork across departmental lines was once a rarity at the nation's most prestigious universities. But the practice, usually known as interdisciplinary research, is spreading rapidly. They are teaming psychologists and ant… more »
TechnoTaste
I was reading recently in Weiss’ book Learning From Strangers, and was struck by one simple passage. It stated that the goal of any research, ethnography included, was to answer a question - to provide some information that wasn’t previous… more »
Department of Music Anthropology, University of Tampere (Finland)
The Department of Music Anthropology is an indisputable pioneer of soundscape research in Finland. "The word has been used to describe the field of sounds that surrounds us: noise, musi… more »
by lorenz on Oct 17, 2004 in culture traditions, Europe, Open Access Anthropology and Knowledge Sharing, fieldwork / methods, music, journal articles / papers, tourism
Adam R. Kaul, Durham Anthropology Journal
My doctoral research looks at the way in which tourism is changing and interacting with the performance and meaning of traditional Irish music. I carried out over 14 months of fieldwork in a small, rural Irish… more »
by lorenz on Oct 15, 2004 in ecology nature, fieldwork / methods, Northern America, persons and theories
Eurek Alert
University of Maine anthropology and marine sciences professor James Acheson has been named the 2004 winner of the American Anthropological Association's Kimball award for effecting change in public policy. Acheson will receive the Award a… more »
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