Posts tagged with 'business' | carsten knoch: essays + ideas

What a Sad Way to Earn a Living by Phil Shirley Creative Commons via Flickr

Of bullet points, knowledge, and organizational ethnography

June 28, 2016April 27, 2016Anthropology Work

Recently, I experienced the following scene during a client meeting to review preliminary research results from the “ethnography” phase of a short service design consulting engagement: The research team, having been deeply engaged in fieldwork for several weeks, has worked … [read more]

Home Visit by Nicolas Nova Creative Commons via Flickr

Business impact of ethnographic research

July 18, 2017August 9, 2014Anthropology Culture Work

Leading up to the impending start of my graduate program in anthropology, I have gotten myself involved in an initiative which—based in the Department—will explore ‘real-world’ and sometimes non-academic applications of ethnographic research. While that initiative continues to be mostly … [read more]