National Association for the Practice of Anthropology
In 2011, when I first began my career as a researcher in the context of business and design, I knew almost nothing about the field I had decided to work in. I lacked a basic understanding of how products are designed, how businesses work, and how to work with people in this world. What I…
As anthropologists, whether we are undergraduate students or are pursuing/have pursued masters or doctorate degrees, whether we work in industry or in academia, we have a lot in common with each other: we learn the history of our discipline, the methods and theories, and we all learn to do ethnographic research. We have a common language and shared understanding of terms. Beyond our disciplinary boundaries, however, language and terminology get less common and understanding is less shared.
A case for applied anthropology PhDs. The struggle is real. Are you one of these PhDs? Do you have a master’s a decided not to get a doctorate? We’d love to hear your stories. Big data is thin. Make it thick with ethnography. A fun, ethnographic read about how cooking on open flames can teach you…
Fixing corruption is just one of many results a new development consulting firm in Bangladesh has accomplished. The startup boasts anthropology and design thinking are the keys to sustainable solutions to real-life problems. Pretty cool. This article is basically saying you can get a degree in anthropology…as long as you work in computer science rather…
A roundup of Anthropology in the News for September 2016. On the National SceneAnthropologists and the American Anthropological Association are among those opposing the Dakota Access Pipeline. CNN continues to offer its version of “political anthropology” of the US election season, this time on Long Island. Still no anthropologists in sight. The Army War College…
The National Association For The Practice of Anthropology is a section of The American Anthropological Association (AAA) – contact GC