NAPA-OT Field School Guatemala Summer 2019 session

Enrollment for the 2019 session is now open! The NAPA-OT Field School in Antigua, Guatemala is now recruiting anthropology, occupational therapy, global health, and students in related disciplines for its four-week summer session: June 17 – July 12, 2019. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis through February 1, 2019.  The field school offers…

MEET NAPA’s 2018 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Joshua Liggett
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MEET NAPA’s 2018 VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR: Joshua Liggett

How did you get your start in anthropology? What drew you to the field? I’ve always been a huge science fiction nerd and one of my heroes growing up was Captain Jean-Luc Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation. In the series, you find out he had two fields that he found inspiring: Astrophysics and…

The (so-called) Quantitative-Qualitative Divide

The (so-called) Quantitative-Qualitative Divide

With the advent and proliferation of digital technologies into nearly every facet of life today there is almost no research topic in the modern world that doesn’t include a virtual or technological component. While these practices raise issues of privacy and power, the notion that vast amounts of data can be automatically and immediately collected with little cost or training is an alluring proposition for many businesses.