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“Netnography,” – faster and cheaper ethnography on the Internet

Published on September 15, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, applied anthropology, corporate & business anthropology, cyberanthropology, fieldwork / methods, internet, technology

Karen Lee, University of Texas at Austin

“Netnography,” coined from ‘ethnography on the Internet,’ is an emerging qualitative research methodology adapting ethnographic research techniques to the study of cultures and communities constructed through the Internet. It uses information that is publicly available in online forums to identify and understand the needs and decision influences of relevant online consumer groups. Compared with traditional and market-oriented ethnography, netnography is far less time consuming and elaborate >> continue

Karen Lee, University of Texas at Austin

"Netnography," coined from 'ethnography on the Internet,' is an emerging qualitative research methodology adapting ethnographic research techniques to the study of cultures and communities constructed through the Internet. It uses information that is publicly…

Links to antropologi.info

Published on September 14, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, internal notes

After two months on the net, antropologi.info has been mentioned / linked to from several websites:

Ideas Bazaar, England
Coversations with Dina, India
University of Tromsø, Norway
University of Oslo, Norway
Splitvision Business Anthropology, Sweden
Louise Ferguson City of Bits, England
Rice University, USA
Peek into my mind, India
Partilha de favoritos
Ethno::log, University of Munich, Germany
Gumsagumlao, Denmark
East of the Sun, West to the Moon, Guam
Homemade Jam, England

Sybille Amber, Austria

After two months on the net, antropologi.info has been mentioned / linked to from several websites:

“I think that anthropology has never been as strong as it is now…”

Published on September 13, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, persons and theories, University / Academia

Anthropolis (Hungary)

An interview, about the current perspective of Central-European and Polish anthropology, with Dr. Marcin Brocki (PhD adjunct professor – Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology – University of Wroclaw, Poland).

– We are surprised how popular ethnology is now. There are almost 200 candidates each year for the study in Wroclaw. It is definitely fashionable discipline. I suppose that it is because of interdisciplinarity of the course, emerging “anthropologization” of humanities and social sciences (especially sociology and philosophy), and also general trend toward searching for more stable structures in our culture.

– People are seeking for something to rely on against globalization, “McDonaldization”, “hypermarket” culture, and they usually think of ethnology as a kind of remedy or a good source of alternative knowledge (alternative views). Due to those processes we are observing a growing interest in ethnical issues, ethnic music, roots searching, so that is the reason why students come to us in such a “giant” number.
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Anthropolis (Hungary)

An interview, about the current perspective of Central-European and Polish anthropology, with Dr. Marcin Brocki (PhD adjunct professor - Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology - University of Wroclaw, Poland).

- We are surprised how popular ethnology is now. There…

History’s New Look – an Unusual Approach to the Story of Native Americans

Published on September 13, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology (general), anthropology in the news, indigenous people / minorities, Native American, Us and Them

Washington Post

No other museum in the world has, on such a scale, devoted itself to this fresh and unusual approach to the story of Native Americans. Its planners have created what they call a “museum different” that might make it very hard for museums on the drawing board ever again to tell a story about people from a detached, third-person point of view. The new National Museum of the American Indian is built around native communities expressing their own authentic voices and their own interpretations of events — part of its mission to change myths and stereotypes. >> continue

Washington Post

No other museum in the world has, on such a scale, devoted itself to this fresh and unusual approach to the story of Native Americans. Its planners have created what they call a "museum different" that might make it…

The Growing Field of Workplace Anthropology

Published on September 9, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, applied anthropology, corporate & business anthropology, websites

Practical Gatherings is a organisation that was created to provide services and support for the growing profession of workplace anthropology. It was founded by anthropologist Patricia Sachs.

On their website (that is partly still “under construction”) they have collected interesting stuff, incl. and a history of workplace anthropology and lots of articles >> continue

Practical Gatherings is a organisation that was created to provide services and support for the growing profession of workplace anthropology. It was founded by anthropologist Patricia Sachs.

On their website (that is partly still "under construction") they have collected interesting stuff,…