Posts Tagged “research”

Research and Development 2.0 – Hire Anthropologists

by Diana on June 18, 2009

This comes from directly from Harvard Business: Anthropologists and ethnographers. By having anthropologists study and interact with end-customers in their natural settings, Western firms can learn to tailor their business models and offerings to match users’ socio-economic and cultural context. (…)

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Podcasting and Paperwriting

by Diana on February 13, 2009

It’s been a while since I have updated! My apologies. You see, I have been writing – a lot even. However, everything I have written has either been papers for class, or the script to my SXSW podcast. This is (…)

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An interesting trend…

by Diana on December 2, 2008

This semester I am taking Design Anthropology. I took this class as an undergrad and it is one of the reasons why I chose to pursue my masters in anthropology. The experience in working with a tech company, in both (…)

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Do you extend your experience with a mobile device?

by Diana on August 28, 2008

When attending an event such as a concert, a movie premier, a sports game, or a convention (or really anything else that can be considered an ‘event’) do you extend your experience there by using a mobile device in such (…)

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Pick me! Pick me!

by Diana on August 21, 2008

I have submitted a proposal for a panel at South By South West (SXSW) on Cyber Anthropology. I need your support in voting and comments in order to be further considered and hopefully chosen. Here is the short abstract: Online (…)

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Slides and notes from my political commentary online presentation

by Diana on August 6, 2008

Here are my slides in PDF format for my presentation I did on political commentary online for Thought and Praxis II Spring 2008. It was an oral presentation, but I’ll be happy to post my more in-depth notes if anyone is interested.