Comments on: Welcome to Anthropology, your second career http://cultureby.com/2007/11/welcome-to-anth.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 23 May 2012 20:32:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Convergence Culture Consortium (C3@MIT) http://cultureby.com/2007/11/welcome-to-anth.html/comment-page-1#comment-2332 Convergence Culture Consortium (C3@MIT) Thu, 03 Jan 2008 15:07:21 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=382#comment-2332 <strong>Around the Consortium: The Digital Race, FoE2, Soaps, and IAP</strong> It's a new year, and the C3 team is back on the ground to start off 2008 with several new changes. You may have seen that the site was down for some of the holiday break, as we were in... Around the Consortium: The Digital Race, FoE2, Soaps, and IAP

It’s a new year, and the C3 team is back on the ground to start off 2008 with several new changes. You may have seen that the site was down for some of the holiday break, as we were in…

]]> By: Chan http://cultureby.com/2007/11/welcome-to-anth.html/comment-page-1#comment-2331 Chan Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:55:45 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=382#comment-2331 Anthropology is a good course. This course will provide students with an introduction to qualitative research. Working in small teams, students will design and conduct a qualitative project designed to propose strategy for media and cultural organizations - an indicative project would look at ways to revitalize PBS to keep pace with participatory culture. Anthropology is a good course. This course will provide students with an introduction to qualitative research. Working in small teams, students will design and conduct a qualitative project designed to propose strategy for media and cultural organizations – an indicative project would look at ways to revitalize PBS to keep pace with participatory culture.

]]> By: Shara Karasic http://cultureby.com/2007/11/welcome-to-anth.html/comment-page-1#comment-2330 Shara Karasic Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:01:26 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=382#comment-2330 Can we take your course online? Can we take your course online?

]]> By: Michael Wesch http://cultureby.com/2007/11/welcome-to-anth.html/comment-page-1#comment-2329 Michael Wesch Thu, 29 Nov 2007 07:13:22 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=382#comment-2329 Great post, Grant. I'm teaching a similar course in the Spring. Do you want to swap syllabi? Great post, Grant. I’m teaching a similar course in the Spring. Do you want to swap syllabi?

]]> By: Vincent LaConte http://cultureby.com/2007/11/welcome-to-anth.html/comment-page-1#comment-2328 Vincent LaConte Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:34:59 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=382#comment-2328 Yup, there is a large and growing demand for a qualitative-research skill set in the corporate world these days. It's about using techniques adapted from anthro, but the right skill-set also, of necessity, needs to include the ability to creatively synthesize ideas and strategies out of the research -- or at a minimum, know enough about that process to be able to hand off research that is useful for practical ideation, rather than purely academic interest. A lot (a lot) of schools are teaching this now, or something like it. Including mine (http://www.id.iit.edu). By the way, speaking of PBS and participatory culture, Chicago Public Radio has recently done an amazing thing and launched a whole new station called Vocalo (http://www.vocalo.org) dedicated 100% to audience-generated content. Yup, there is a large and growing demand for a qualitative-research skill set in the corporate world these days. It’s about using techniques adapted from anthro, but the right skill-set also, of necessity, needs to include the ability to creatively synthesize ideas and strategies out of the research — or at a minimum, know enough about that process to be able to hand off research that is useful for practical ideation, rather than purely academic interest.

A lot (a lot) of schools are teaching this now, or something like it. Including mine (http://www.id.iit.edu).

By the way, speaking of PBS and participatory culture, Chicago Public Radio has recently done an amazing thing and launched a whole new station called Vocalo (http://www.vocalo.org) dedicated 100% to audience-generated content.

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