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Category: Anthropology

All design is redesign

A recent Bruno Latour keynote[PDF] has been making the rounds on the Anthrodesign mailing list. Called “A Cautious Prometheus?”, it is a very concise and thoughtful dissection of the changes the word and concept ‘design’ has been undergoing for the past 30-40 years, which also …

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1 Comment on All design is redesignOctober 6, 2008August 8, 2011 By Andreas

Fields of care and online collaboration

There’s a good discussion over at the Savage Minds anthropology group blog in relation to the recent publication of an article discussing the pros and cons of Open Access Anthropology. The article has been written by no less than seven anthropologists using email and Google …

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Leave a Comment on Fields of care and online collaborationOctober 2, 2008August 8, 2011 By Andreas

Anthropological diagrams

One of the continuing challenges in my work is adapting my ethnographic findings and my anthropological analyses to the consulent format of choice: The Powerpoint slide. Slides are infinitely better suited to gaudy visuals and photos, so often, the best to get an analytical point …

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Leave a Comment on Anthropological diagramsAugust 30, 2008 By Andreas

Doing (ethnographic) interviews

I found this video on ethnographic interviewing techniques and “getting people to talk” on the American Anthrodesign mailing list: Getting People to Talk: An Ethnography & Interviewing Primer from Gabe & Kristy on Vimeo. The film is made by a couple of design students at …

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Leave a Comment on Doing (ethnographic) interviewsJuly 22, 2008September 30, 2008 By Andreas

Anthropology of business

Last Wednesday, I went to a discussion seminar on Business Anthropology arranged by the Danish Association of Anthropologists. With Business Anthropology, the organizers actually meant the anthropology of business – as in the ethnographic study of corporate culture and leadership, which became clear as the …

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1 Comment on Anthropology of businessApril 16, 2008April 22, 2008 By Andreas

Making an impact

Last Friday, I finished a 2 month freelance project for Copenhagen Living Lab, a small Danish innovation consulting firm. The project was an ethnographic exploration and mapping of the business development and production practices of Danish computer game companies in order to identify central challenges …

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Leave a Comment on Making an impactApril 4, 2008 By Andreas

Ethnography and the design of new media

More and more anthropologists are doing research on new media technologies like mobile phones and social networking sites. Some of them are even being hired by companies to do ethnographic studies to gather the sort of “actionable insight” that can help a better understanding of …

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1 Comment on Ethnography and the design of new mediaFebruary 19, 2008 By Andreas

Digital (ethnographic) montage

Among some of the old unfinished projects that I’ve had time to finish recently, is the HTML version of my essay on the use of montage as a means of ethnographic presentation. It’s definitely experimental, since I have little experience with how clicks flow through …

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Leave a Comment on Digital (ethnographic) montageOctober 23, 2007 By Andreas

Making design research useful

I found Dan Saffer’s presentation on “How to lie with design research” on Nicolas Nova’s blog today. A User Experience researcher, Nova posts a lot of blog posts of varying insights on interaction design and user experience and such buzzwords. The talk is a tongue-in …

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1 Comment on Making design research usefulSeptember 26, 2007September 26, 2007 By Andreas

How to write a thesis

Writing a thesis is a difficult undertaking. Before I started writing mine, I hadn’t written any assignment longer than 30 pages (my Bachelor’s essay), and it was quite a step up from that to having to structure a huge complex of data that I’d gathered …

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3 Comments on How to write a thesisSeptember 6, 2007 By Andreas

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