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Microsoft hires five anthropologists

Published on June 5, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, applied anthropology, corporate & business anthropology

Inc Magazine

Nelle Steele is one of five anthropologist-ethnographers that Microsoft hired full-time to conduct a field study. Called “Dawn to Dusk,” the study documents the work habits and thought processes of a species the software behemoth had never before tried to understand: owners and employees of small businesses >>continue (Link updated 4.8.2025)

Inc Magazine

Nelle Steele is one of five anthropologist-ethnographers that Microsoft hired full-time to conduct a field study. Called "Dawn to Dusk," the study documents the work habits and thought processes of a species the software behemoth had never before tried…

Indians told to quit Benetton land

Published on June 4, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, globalisation, Native American

BBC

The Italian clothing giant Benetton has won a court case against a Mapuche Indian couple in southern Argentina over a disputed strip of land >>continue

BBC

The Italian clothing giant Benetton has won a court case against a Mapuche Indian couple in southern Argentina over a disputed strip of land >>continue

Tokelauans resist offers of autonomy

Published on June 2, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, culture traditions, Pacific Oceania

The New Zealand Herald

Moves to give more independence to one of the world’s smallest and last remaining colonies are being held up by the population of the country itself. Each atoll has a single village, and there are no harbours, no airstrips and no capital city. Visitors can reach the islands only by the weekly boat making the 30-hour voyage from the Samoan capital Apia >>continue

The New Zealand Herald

Moves to give more independence to one of the world's smallest and last remaining colonies are being held up by the population of the country itself. Each atoll has a single village, and there are no harbours,…

Working out the English

Published on June 1, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, books, culture traditions, Europe, Us and Them

The Western Mail (Wales)

“When we feel uncomfortable in social situations (that is, most of the time) we either become over-polite, buttoned up and awkwardly restrained, or loud, loutish, crude, violent and generally obnoxious”, says Kate Fox – social anthropologist who has spent the last 10 years studying the habits of her fellow countrymen and women >>continue

The Western Mail (Wales)

"When we feel uncomfortable in social situations (that is, most of the time) we either become over-polite, buttoned up and awkwardly restrained, or loud, loutish, crude, violent and generally obnoxious", says Kate Fox - social anthropologist who…

Local taboos could save the seas

Published on May 26, 2004 by lorenz Posted in anthropology in the news, culture traditions, ecology nature, Pacific Oceania

New Scientist

The island nations of the south-western Pacific are considering allowing citizens to reclaim legal control of their local seas, in the hope they can use their traditional knowledge, customs and laws to protect fish stocks and biodiversity >>continue
(link via Ethno::log)

New Scientist