Ethnography has grown, like many other industries, in tandem with a fossil fuel economy. As evidence of weather, resource and species disruption surround us on a daily basis, the climate sessions provided guideposts and practical resources to adjust and thrive as informed, climate-conscious...
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Double Consciousness in Research and Design: Shifting toward Empowerment and Equity
Over a century after W.E.B. Du Bois developed the concept of double consciousness, this experience of “twoness”...
AI Tools in Humanistic and Social Research
We have all heard the drumbeat that “AI” systems like LLMs will have enormous implications for researchers and...
A Relational Approach to (genAI) Product Impact
AI product development is overwhelmingly framed as a problem of technical scale and muscle, and researchers are...
Foundational AI: Navigating a Shifting Terrain
New deployments of foundational AI models in digital products have expanded public engagement with synthetic...
Career Pivots: A Day in the Life of Researchers Working in Government and NGOs
Increasingly, governments and NGOs are employing ethnographers and UX professionals, including a good number of...
Cyborg Literacy for the 21st Century
In this session, Laura Forlano and Danya Glabau teach participants how to apply Critical Cyborg Literacy to...
Graphic Ethnography: Communicating Research through Comics
Graphic ethnography is on the rise! In a brief introduction we will explore how anthropological research has been...
Automate Yourself to Work on What You Love
Behind every great research session is multiple hours and weeks spent recruiting, sharing...
Career Pivots: Strategy & Foresight Consulting
Presenters Rebekah Park is a Partner at Gemic, where she co-leads the Tech and Health practices. Over two decades...