by Bryony Wilson | Jan 12, 2017 | PechaKucha
PechaKucha—Our anthropology trained colleague was new to Design Thinking and prototyping before joining us. As she’s explored this new activity with us we’ve come to see the alignment between prototyping and other anthropological methods or principles. We’ve also...
by Alexandra Zafiroglu, Heather Patterson, Faith Mccreary | Jan 12, 2017 | PechaKucha
PechaKucha—Our homes are becoming instrumented glass houses where even the most intimate and personal acts may leave data footprints that companies providing services (and potentially others) can access. As homes become instrumented with data-generating technologies,...
by Brianna Farber | Jan 12, 2017 | PechaKucha
PechaKucha—This presentation explores the struggle of natural resource conservation within Iowa industrial agriculture through the issue of water quality. I discuss the politics of scientific information, specifically how different powerful players use science to...
by Evan Hanover, Marta Cuciurean-Zapan | Jan 12, 2017 | PechaKucha
PechaKucha Presentation—“But what do anthropologists do? What kind of special knowledge do you have access to?” This question was posed during one of the salons at EPIC2014 and cuts to the heart of the value of non-academic anthropologists. We contend that there is...
by Bridget Monahan | Jan 12, 2017 | PechaKucha
PechaKucha—This presentation explores the notion of flatness – the elision of multi-dimensionality in the lives we live, which increasingly take place online and interface through small screens. What does it mean to do research with people and understand their...
