December 2011
34 posts
Society for Humanistic Anthropology →
literary-ethnography:
A section of the American Anthropological Association that promotes beautiful ethnographic writing and has a wonderful journal, Anthropology and Humanism. For members of the AAA who are interested in the more artistic aspects of the writing up of ethnographic work, you should definitely join this section and attend its workshops at the national meetings.
Savage Minds - Notes and Queries in Anthropology →
literary-ethnography:
A wonderful blog for current and aspiring graduate students interested in Anthropology. A bounty of helpful posts on professionalization.
In Search of Naunny's Grave: Age, Class, Gender...
product02:
In Search of Naunny’s Grave: Age, Class, Gender and Ethnicity in an American Family (Ethnographic Alternatives Book Series, V. 14.) Collecting narratives of his grandmother’s life, communication researcher NickTrujillo learns how family members use stories to define the family’s sense of itself and create collective views on intergenerational relations, social history, gender, class,...
The Writer's Atmosphere - An ethnography of the... →
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The End of Chinatown →
Does China’s rise mean the end of one of America’s most storied ethnic enclaves?
Higher Ed Field Notes: The Professional Stranger →
robisonandy:
Michael Agar’s book The Professional Stranger: An Informal Introduction to Ethnography is a must read for anyone in cultural anthropology, oral history or qualitative research. This book helped me formulate an ethnographic approach for a case study dissertation. By far one of the best…
MVRDV Responds to Backlash over ‘Cloud’ Design →
The controversy over this design has opened up a critical discussion about the “responsibility” of designers to mitigate cultural trauma. While MVRDV is being accused of insensitivity, a productive elaboration of this issue may be the question of when and how designers can allow such catastrophes to manifest design responses. Perhaps “The Cloud” is a liberative...
The What the Hell is Your Problem? Kit. A Kit for...
We recently received a message with links to read and purchase (if so desired) the book “The What the Hell is Your Problem? Kit. A Kit for Uptight White People” by Veronica Grow. I promised I would read the book and give a brief review so here it is.
I think the book is brilliant, short in length but strong in content, it makes you really ponder about the social implications of...
Ethnography Services - PARC, a Xerox company →
tacanderson:
Didn’t know Xerox, PARC offered ethnography resources. Kinda cool.
Naturalistic study of human behavior to provide insights for innovation, development, business practices
Literary Ethnography: A blog dedicated to... →
literary-ethnography:
The Oxford English Dictionary defines “ethnography” as “the scientific description of nations or races of men, with their customs, habits, and points of difference.” Its etymology is from the Greek words for “nation” (ethnos) and for “writing” (graphia). Its first usage is recorded in the…
Dear 3 Witches of Bad Ethnography
I had a look at your blog, and it is really interesting.. more than much of the usual eye candy that u see on Tumblr.
It was great that you reblogged my damn post, as i thought no one was reading anything I wrote really!
I thought that you would like to know that I did a masters of X Disciplinary Design project which is ethnographic in nature. I created a kit that is intended to raise the...
Ten Reasons Why You Should Never Accept a Diamond... →
1. You’ve Been Psychologically Conditioned To Want a Diamond The diamond engagement ring is a 63-year-old invention of N.W.Ayer advertising agency. The De Beers diamond cartel contracted N.W.Ayer to create a demand for what are, essentially, useless hunks of rock. 2. Diamonds are Priced Well Above Their Value The De Beers cartel has systematically held diamond prices at levels far greater than...
Watchantropoloog:
Excellent documentary.
Essentially, the film covers a specific course (Man: A course of Study), taught in the United States following the educational reforms of the seventies. The goal of the course was to teach children about what it means to be human while avoiding ethnocentric biases. The class attempted to portray humans as animals beyond cultural boundaries and used a specific...
Amadi Talks: Siri Failures, Illustrated →
amaditalks:
The recent illustrations of Siri, the iPhone 4S voice-recognition based assistant, failing to provide information to users about abortion, birth control, help after rape and help with domestic violence has gotten a lot of notice. Yesterday’s post with screenshots from a Twitter conversation I was…