Overview User research and human-centered design help us solve real challenges and create better experiences. But there's a problem: when we explore user experiences, we often frame these as...
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What’s Next versus What’s Valuable: Ethnography in a Future-Focused World
Does the intense focus on “what’s next” come at the expense of “what’s valuable”? Why is it considered more important to design for what is changing than what we want to hold on to? An EPIC Summit with [contrib_author post_id='38978' name='Louise Vang Jensen'] & [contrib_author post_id='38978'...
Foundations for Ethical Research
Many business and organizational environments lack a strong understanding of ethics and institutionalized processes for ethical research practice....
Branding in an Age of Consumer Agency
Bibliography Case Studies in this Talk: McCabe, Maryann & Timothy deWaal Malefyt and Antonella Fabri. 2017. Women, Makeup and Authenticity: Negotiating Embodiment and Discourses of Beauty....
Agency and Change: Using Anthropology to Improve Organizational Change
Description The language of change is practically ubiquitous these days: from tech startups to legacy manufacturers and government agencies, organizations of every stripe want to innovate, grow, pivot, reorient,...
Ethnography, Independent Consulting, and the Gig Life
[/mepr-active] Approx 85 minutes Overview Calling all independent consultants and freelance ethnographers! Join seasoned and successful freelancers Shelley and Hal for a presentation and discussion about...
Using Video to Think Ethnographically: Core Approaches to Research, Production, Deliverables, and Mindset
Overview Ethnographers have long used video for research and storytelling in their practices. Today a powerful array of evolving visual technologies offers unprecedented possibilities for access, representation,...
Talking to Stakeholders
Presenting research is more than delivering analyzed data. The value of our work as ethnographers in industry is limited by whether or not clients and stakeholders act on our learnings and recommendations. In...
Revamp and Reinvent your Career with the Power of Creativity
A creative workshop to help you think differently about your career and give yourself the chance to consider new possibilities! Whether you're feeling lost, unsure, or just in need of some inspiration about your...
From Complex Histories to Possible Futures: Ethical Practice across Time
Thanks to changemakers and activists, many organizations are beginning to expand their ethical lens beyond technical risk assessments of processes or ‘products-as-shipped’. Attention is expanding across time...