Product developers who observe end-users' behavior in the actual environment of use generate tangible, workable information about a device—and the requirements of the people who use it. Stephen B.

Email instructor Prof. Alison Cool (Anthro) [email protected] to register for this non-credit workshop and be added to the email list. The course will explore how and why social scientists use ...

Many a company has a "customer first" approach, and improvement methodologies such as Lean and Six Sigma start with the "voice of the customer" (VOC). So what is the point in trying to solve ...

The ethnographic methods that anthropologists first developed to study other cultures — fieldwork, participant observation, dialogue — are now being adapted for a broad array of applications, such as ...

In the early 20th century, the University of Chicago was known as the epicenter of ethnography, a method of study in which researchers immerse themselves in a social setting to observe its inner ...

Controversy over the sociologist Alice Goffman’s On the Run, a study of young people on the margins of society, has put ethnography on trial. Lost in the accusations and rebuttals, I fear, is the ...

This course is compulsory on the BA in Social Anthropology and BSc in Social Anthropology. This course is available on the BA in Anthropology and Law, Exchange Programme for Students in Anthropology ...

Ethnographic research, which involves extensive observation and interviews, provides detailed information on individuals and households not available through other methods. Unlike typical surveys, ...

This multi-year project is a cross-disciplinary approach to studying Black Rock City and its inhabitants during the Burning Man Festival. Combining traditional archaeological methods with ethnographic ...