Internet Archaeologists Find Ruins Of ‘Friendster’ Civilization!!
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Here is a call for papers, a nice reason to see Liverpool in the Fall.
The 5th Annual Joint University of Liverpool Management School and Keele University Institute for Public Policy and Management Symposium on Current Developments in Ethnographic Research in the Social and Management Sciences.
In Association with the Journal Ethnography
Work, Organisations and Ethnography
Wednesday 1st – Friday 3rd September 2010
Venue:
Queen Mary, University of London. Mile End Road, London, England
Call for Papers
In recent years, ethnography has become an increasingly popular mode of research enquiry within the social and management sciences.…
Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines Hui
This announcement showed up in my e-mail, nicely formatted too:
Contemporary Ethnography Across the Disciplines Hui
17 – 19 November 2010
University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
Kia ora koutou (Greetings to everyone)!
New Zealand’s first international ethnography hui will give participants the opportunity to meet with like-minded researchers and experience the rich cultural tradition that is Aoteaoroa, New Zealand. The hui, or conference gathering, will take place at the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand from 17-19 November, 2010, with exciting pre-conference workshops scheduled for the afternoon of Monday 16 November 2010. …
Now Available for your Xmas giving, Chief Culture Officer by Grant McCracken!
I am pleased to let people know about a new book by fellow social science innovator, Grant McCracken. Hi book ” Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Symbolic Character of Consumer Goods and Activities” was a major inspiration for me when I started my career in design anthropology and have have been reading his blog ever since. (Grant, please..please go back to the old format!). Below is the press release, and I will follow up after I give it a read. …
The Chrysler Peapod, The Reason Innovation Gets a Bad Name
I believe the time of the electric vehicle is drawing near. It makes a lot of sense: we already have the ubiquitous infrastructure for “fueling” – any electric socket -, can be recharged with renewable energy, and does not have the fear factor some people have about driving around with a tank of hydrogen in back of them. (BTW, hydrogen as fuel is as safe as standard gasoline using modern storage methods).…
The ethnography of a stroke
I first heard of Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor during an interview on Fresh Air, it is a great conversation (Listen to the interview, not just the text, it is more in depth than the TED talk you see here). Thanks to my friend Mariflora for bringing the TED link to my attention. How often do we get the emic on such a matter? Well worth watching and forming your own ideas from.…
The growing work of anthropologists with the military parallels the evolution of design anthropology – 15 years later…
Lord knows I would welcome much stronger examination of the credentials of people that claim to be social scientists / anthropologists that are working in the military. There is the potential for the development of an excellent sub-discipline of anthropologists doing direct applied work for various forms of the federal government and the military (which for all I know already exists, I am new to this arena). I have no doubt there have been anthropologists working in all levels of Government/Military/Intel worlds for many years, but they may have not been/are called anthropologists in most official job titles I suspect.…
Ordinary People Project – Roger from Yukon Territory
I met Roger, a master carver, while staying at Nugget City, Yukon. Enjoy!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRS2gfXd9MI…
Go Barney Go!
I am a registered independent, I always have been. I have voted all over the political map because I don’t think I should have to vote for a party but the person. With the health care debates its hard NOT to see the republican party as the greed supporting evil empire. There have been death threats of people attending meetings, republican operations to disrupt meetings. Look, my late father.. a die hard conservative republican family practice doctor… spend some time as the medical director of an HMO.…
Patience 101: Just Wait Until You Hear This
CNN has reported that Trina Thompson, age 27, is suing her alma mater, Monroe College (New York), for not being sufficiently helpful in supporting her efforts to find a job since her graduation this past April. Headlines describing the suit sum it up as follows: “Alumna Sues College Because She Can’t Find a Job.”
Recently, for personal reasons, I have become very interested in what social sciences might have to say about the personal quality we call patience. …
A Rejuvenating and Inspiring Experience.
I had the opportunity to attend a youth summer camp that the company I work for (http://www.uaii.org) holds every year in Big Pine, CA. The camp is for American Indian children (ages 5 to 17 years) residing in the Los Angeles, Bakersfield, and Fresno areas and it is a week long. This is the second time I’ve attended, as I did attend last year’s camp as well, and just like last year I was so inspired about the overall
experience and specifically a couple different things.…
Ordinary People Project: Kira, New Hazelton, BC
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwNhvhuLNuA…