The Human Show: Innovation through Social Science
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Ginie Servant-Miklos: on the art of messy dreams, how to realize them, and the journey of making and unmaking oneself in the process
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ginie Servant-Miklos is an engaged environmental educator with fifteen years of experience in education practice, research, and advocacy. She currentl...
Francesco Bravin: on radical imagination, learning interventions and the cultivation of the non-judgemental mind
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Francesco Bravin is a cultural anthropologist and the president and founding member of the Cultural Association Antropolis in Milan. He has a Bachelor...
The Arcana of Inquiry: Navigating Ethnography through Tarot as a Playful, Disruptive, and Subversive Practice
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The Ethnographic Tarot Project intertwines the magic and mystery of tarot with the depth of anthropological inquiry. This initiative seeks to develop ...
Dace Dzenovska: Social Anthropologist & Speaker at The Why the World needs Anthropologists, The Power of Isolation, 27-29th October 2023, Croatia
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dace Dzenovskais Associate Professor in the Anthropology of Migration at the University of Oxford and the Principal Investigator of the EMPTINESS proj...
Heli Rantavuo:Applied Cultural Studies and Social Sciences Researcher & Speaker at The Why the World needs Anthropologists, The Power of Isolation, 27-29th October 2023, Croatia
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Heli Rantavuo is an applied cultural studies and social sciences researcher based in Helsinki. For the past 15 years, she has worked in the technology...
Rafram Chaddad: Visual Artist & Speaker at The Why the World needs Anthropologists, The Power of Isolation, 27-29th October 2023, Croatia
29 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are happy to have Rafram with us speaking to his background as a visual artist and his experience and thoughts on isolation. In 2010, Rafram found ...
Erin B. Taylor & Melanie T. Uy: Anthropologists & Authors of Better Research, Better Design
04 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Erin B. Taylor & Melanie T. Uy: Anthropologists & Authors of Better Research, Better Design: How to Align Teams and Build a Human-Centric Comp...
Amina & Gabriela: Love letter to David Graeber
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Amina Alaoui Soulimani is a doctoral research fellow at HUMA, the Institute for Humanities in Africa. Amina holds an MSc in Social Anthropology f...
David Prendergast: Head of the Department of Anthropology, Professor of Science & speaker at the Why the World needs Anthropologists, Re|Generation 23-25 Sept 2022 Berlin
18 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
David Prendergast is Head of the Department of Anthropology and Professor of Science, Technology and Society at Maynooth University in Ireland. Previo...
Katia Dumont: Speaker- Why the World needs Anthropologists, Re|Generation 23-25 Sept 2022 Berlin
03 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Katia Dumont: Anthropologist, regional network organiser for SE Europe, BMW foundation & speaker at the Why the World needs Anthropologists, Re|Ge...
Sophie Strand: writer and academic cross-contaminator
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Sophie Strand: writer and academic cross-contaminator: on the ways we can improvise in academia and beyond.Sophie Strand is a writer based in the Huds...
Rebecca Price: Designer and Teacher: On Mentorship, Resilience and the Importance of keeping Fundamental Drives in Focus
12 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Price is a researcher and assistant professor at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at the Delft University of Technology where she ...
Pavel Cenkl, Head of Schumacher College: On Ecological Approaches and Embodied Learning Practices in Higher Education
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Pavel Cenkl is currently the Head of Schumacher College and Director of Learning at Dartington Trust, Devon, England and previously he held the positi...
Vito Laterza, Anthropologist and Political Analyst: on the importance to foster analogue forms of life in an age of Pervasive Digitalization
25 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Vito Laterza is an anthropologist, development scholar and political analyst. He holds a MPhil in Social Anthropological Research and a PhD in Social ...
Désirée Driesenaar, Connector of Dots: on Regeneration and Nature Based Innovations
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Désirée Driesenaar is an innovation activist, blue economy specialist, storyteller as well as external expert for the European Commission. Afte...
Kathleen Asjes, UX researcher: Democratizing Research
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Kathleen leads Research & Insights at Dreams, a Fintech company built on behavioral science that boosts financial wellbeing. She is a Dutch nation...
Eric Garza, Scholar, Hunter, Carpenter & Community Server: On Ways to Connect, Navigate and Integrate Plural Worlds
17 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Garza is the founder and primary instructor at Quillwood Academy, an online institution of higher learning dedicated to helping people throughout...
Angelina Kussy: Engaged Scholar, Activist & Speaker at 'Why the World Needs Anthropologists, Mobilizing the Planet'
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Angelina Kussy is an economic anthropologist from Warsaw and activist with Barcelona en Comú, the citizen platform governing Barcelona, working for m...
Cristina Flesher Fominaya: Sociologist, scholar & keynote speaker at the Why the World needs Anthropologists, Mobilizing the Planet
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are happy to have Cristina with us speaking to her background and current work. Cristina shares her views and relationship to activism and, as a sc...
Julienne Weegels: Anthropologist, Political Scholar & Speaker at the Why the World needs Anthropologists, Mobilizing the Planet 10-12 Sept 2021
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Julienne Weegels is Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies at the University of Amsterdam’s Centre for Latin American Research and Documenta...
Alex Khasnabish: Scholar Activist & Speaker, Why the World needs Anthropologists
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alex Khasnabish is a writer, researcher, and teacher committed to collective liberation living in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on unceded and unsurre...
Marcus Düwell, Simone Abram & Gunter Bombaerts: An Ethicist, an Anthropologist and an Engineer
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today’s episode is an experiment to stretch out disciplinary boundaries by paring up academic debates of philosophy & engineering (& of course anthr...
Mark Vacher and Tom O’Dell: Ethnologists and Epistemic Educational Partners :
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Vacher is an associate professor of ethnology at the Saxo Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Tom O’Dell is a professor of ethnology ...
Dr. Ferne Edwards: Cultural Anthropologist and An Activist Scholar
09 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are pleased to have Ferne with us talking about anthropology of food – a field that has been at the core of her research and professional focus f...
Min’enhle Ncube & Amina Alaoui Soulimani, HUMA: speakers at the Response-ability Summit 2021
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are happy to have Amina and Min’enhle with us sharing their research insights and pursuits as well as motivation to be part of the Reponse-abilit...
Mariliis Öeren, Behavioral Scientist & Speaker at the Response-ability Summit 2021
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mariliis Öeren is the Chief Scientific Officer at Method X Studios, a company focused on democratising good mental health and ending the mental heal...
Agnethe Kirstine Grøn, Senior Design Anthropologist and Speaker at the Response-ability Summit 2021
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Agnethe Kirstine Grøn is a senior design anthropologist at Alexandra Instituttet in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is engaged in many aspects of user inv...
Malé Luján Escalante & Luke Moffat, speakers at the Response-ability summit 2021: Ethics through Design
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In light of the upcoming Response-ability Summit this May 20th-21st , we are excited to be talking to two of its amazing speakers – Malé and Luke –...
Karen Boswall, filmmaker and visual anthropologist: on representation and agentive power of the camera lens
28 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Boswall is a filmmaker, ethnomusicologist, and visual anthropologist. Her audio-visual output includes individually authored and collaborative p...
Tiffany Tivasuradej talks to Sawyer J. Lahr: Revolutionizing Research Through Digital Tech – New Perspectives from Asia
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode hosted by Tiffany, Sawyer shares his experience as a UX researcher working in Thailand and applying anthropological frameworks an...
Tiffany Tivasuradej talks to Dr. Nicholas Teo & Oshin Siao Bhatt: on anthropological mindset and ethnographic practices in Asian context
14 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We are excited to have Tiffany hosting the episode today and sharing her experience of conducting ethnography outside of academia in the Asian context...
Jennifer Cearns: On Unique Combinations of Skills and Ways to Reach Balance
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we explore Jennifer’s multiple and equally strong yet seemingly unrelated careers. We ask how she balances the different skills...
Wendy Gunn: on Research as a Future Making Practice
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy is a researcher in the field of design anthropology whose written work, research and design practices have contributed to the foundation of what...
Mikko Koria; A Curious Person who Wears Many Hats: about Design, Interdisciplinarity and ways to reach Joint Meanings
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mikko Koria; a curious person who wears many hats: about design, interdisciplinarity and ways to reach joint meanings. Mikko Koria is; the Professor i...
Simone Abram: Ethnography, Ethics in Energy Governance and Sustainability Challenges
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Simone Abram is a professor of anthropology at Durham University where she is also a Director of the Durham Energy Institute, and is the current Chair...
Mary L. Gray & Elizabeth J Chin: On the concept of fellowship, collective dreaming and ability to transform a conflict into a conversation
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we reflect on the concepts of community and fellowship in the world of those practicing anthropology. We ask Mary and Elizabeth ...
Annemiek van Boeijen: Good Design comes from acknowledging Diversity in all its facets
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are talking to Annemiek about her experience with multidisciplinary. How did it happen that a designer with an engineering background started...
Mary L. Gray: Senior Principle Researcher at Microsoft Research: The role of a knowledge translator through anthropological perspectives
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Mary L. Gray is a Senior Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research as well as an E.J. Safra Center for Ethics Fellow and Berkman Klein Center for Int...
Lisa Talia Moretti: Digital Sociologist - Anthropology+Technology Conference 2020, Smart Cities Stream
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Talia Moretti is an award-winning digital sociologist, strategist and tech ethics activist based in London. She currently holds the position of H...
Rachel O’Dwyer and Erin B. Taylor: On Art & Money, Surveillance Capitalism and the Ideal Research Centre
27 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel O’Dwyer is a lecturer in Digital Cultures in the School of Visual Culture in the National College of Art & Design, (NCAD) Dublin. Among other...
Nani Jansen Reventlow: Human Rights Lawyer & Keynote Speaker Anthropology + Technology Conference 2020
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nani Jansen Reventlow is a human rights lawyer who specializes in freedom of expression and strategic litigation. She is also the founding Director ...
Rasmus Thomsen: Partner and Design Director of IS IT A BIRD & speaker at Anthropology+Technology Conference 2020, Smart Cities stream
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rasmus Thomsen is Partner and Design Director of IS IT A BIRD - a strategic innovation agency that combines methods from social science, behavioral ec...
Rosalie Post in conversation with Dan Wu: On ethical AI, inclusive governance and ideal future cities
08 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Wu is the CEO and lead innovation advisor of Joyful Ventures, empowering social impact executives to create financially sustainable...
Susan Halford: on multidisciplinarity, the making of socio-digital futures, their challenges and opportunities
25 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Susan Halford is Professor of Sociology and co-Director of Bristol University’s new Digital Futures Institute, which aims to use social science exp...
A glimpse into the process: the making of long-term projects with anthropologist Sarita Fae Jarmack
05 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sarita Fae Jarmack is an anthropologist currently exploring the politics of access, expression, and knowledge within the postcolonial art scene of Sou...
Kadija Ferryman & Laura Sobola - HealthTech Stream: on multidisciplinary collaboration and AI and Machine Learning in Health
21 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Laura leads the discussion with a number of questions for Kadija about AI, machine learning, ethical decisions, fair health and ...
Chui Chui Tan: Cultural Strategist and UX Consultant: Innovation grounded in culture, historical context and a holistic approach
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Chui Chui Tan is a cultural expert with more than 15 years of experience in UX (user experience). Her experiences range from defining business strate...
Diana Finch and Erin B. Taylor, Anthropology + Technology Conference 2020, FinTech stream
30 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Diana Finch has been Managing Director of Bristol Pound since July 2018. Prior to that, she spent most of the last 20 years working in senior leader...
Capsule Episode Conference: Dawn Walter, Anthropology + Technology Conference 2020
23 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Anthropology + Technology Conference brings together 22 leading international experts from the social sciences and technology to champion and prom...
Henrique Parra & Ricardo Teixeira, amplifying the debate: The role of scientists and social scientists in times of uncertainty
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
[ Notice: This episode is in Portuguese. As a way of letting the interviewees express themselves fully and also to amplify the access to Brazilians,...
EN Henrique Parra & Ricardo Teixeira, some perspectives on how Brazil is facing the pandemic: From the health care system to smart technology
26 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
[Notice: This episode is in Portuguese. As a way of letting the interviewees express themselves fully and also to amplify the access to Brazilians, th...
Jamie Gordon: Chief Disruption Officer* at The Mighty Shed: on the role of social scientists in business and the ways empathy can serve both business and humanity
24 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Jamie Gordon is a social scientist and consultant whose body of work includes a couple of decades worth of insights and strategies that have been put ...
The Open Anthropology Lab: a mediating space between academic and applied anthropologies
13 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
ENEl Laboratorio de Antropología Abierta (The Open Anthropology Lab) or LAAB is a non-profit organization for the popularization of anthropological...
Simon Lex: Business and Organizational Anthropologist: on the design of social practice imaginaries
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we explore together with Simon the topic of designing applied anthropology courses and industry/academia collaboration. What are ...
Gary Sigley: Cultural Routes and Chinese Modernity
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Gary Sigley is a scholar of global studies with China as primary focus. His research focuses on cultural and social transformation in a rapidly changi...
Laura Vardoulakis, Lead UX Researcher at Google Health
31 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Vardoulakis a human-computer interaction researcher, passionate about technologies that help people live happier, healthier lives and currentl...
Kay Firth-Butterfield: Head of AI and Machine Learning at the World Economic Forum
16 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Kay Firth-Butterfield is the Head of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at the World Economic Forum. Prior to taking this position she was ...
Marc K. Hébert, Anthropologist & Director, Innovation Office, San Francisco Human Services Agency: policy + tech + design + data
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Marc co-founded the Innovation Office in San Francisco government’s social services agency. He gets to lead an internal team that does service desig...
Anthropos with Indra Lukošienė and Ugnė Starkutė: on Anthropology in Lithuania and the Mediating Role of the Applied Anthropologist
14 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Today Corina and Maria talk to Indra and Ugnė about the applicability of anthropological methods and social science research in its broader sense in ...
Dr. Suzanne Wertheim, Linguistic Anthropologist and CEO & Founder of Worthwhile Research & Consulting: on how to tackle bias in product development
03 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Suzanne Wertheim is the CEO and Founder of Worthwhile Research & Consulting. Through the foundation of the research and consulting firm, she striv...
Gemma John: Anthropologist and Applied Researcher in Built Environment: on the obligation to create social value and the new opportunities social scientists can embrace
22 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gemma John is an anthropologist and applied researcher creating social value in the built environment. She holds an MA in Social Anthropology from the...
Morten Nielsen, Speaker at the Why the World Needs Anthropologists Oct 25th-27th 2019, Sustaining Cities: Urban Orders, when the city models itself
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Morten Nielsen is a social anthropologist working in Mozambique, Scotland and USA on the interrelationship between time and materiality. Since Novembe...
Capsule Episode Conference: Pardis Shafafi, Convenor WtWnA 2019: Sustaining Cities, October, 25th – 27th Oslo, Norway
20 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The symposium Why The World Needs Anthropologists, Sustaining Cities is an annual event organized by The Applied Anthropology Network of the European...
Nicole Rigillo and Jason Stanley: Research Fellow and Design Research Lead at Element AI: challenging the distinction of social and non-social science
13 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we talk to Nicole and Jason about their rather different professional paths which led them both to Element AI – a global artificial intelligen...
The PEOPLE project: a learning experiment that helps redefine roles within academia and industry.
29 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
PEOPLE (People-Centred Development in Practical and Learning Environments) is an international 3-year EU program aiming to enhance university-busines...
Roelof Pieters: Anthropologist & Hacker - on the hacks that can make social scientists’ lives more creative
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Roelof Petersis one of the leading AI visionaries and developers in Europe. His academic and professional interests combine software development and d...
Gloria González Fuster, Research Professor: on privacy, data protection and “the normal” human
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gloria is a Research Professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)’s Faculty of Law and Criminology and Co-Director of the Law, Science, Technol...
Joanna J Bryson: Academic Expert in Artificial and Natural Intelligence
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we talk to Joanna about AI from a rather philosophical prism, on ethics and much more. Joanna questions the separation between di...
Capsule Episode Conference: Erin Taylor and Rita Denny, Agency in Applied Ethnography - An EPIC EthnoBorrel
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
EthnoBorrel and the University of Amsterdam are running a one-day event in Amsterdam, parallel to the annual conference of the Ethnographic Praxis in ...
Nayantara Sheoran Appleton: Feminist Medical Anthropologist: Gendered technologies and unintended logics
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nayantara Sheoran Appleton is an interdisciplinary scholar with training in Feminist Medical Anthropology, Science and Technology Studies (STS), and M...
Tricia Bruce, PHD, sociologist and affiliate of the University of Notre Dame’s Center for the Study of Religion and Society: On technology, Twitter, responsibility, social movements & social change
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tricia Bruce, PHD is a sociologist and affiliate of the University of Notre Dame’s Center for the Study of Religion and Society. Her work intersects...
Mireille Hildebrandt, a lawyer, philosopher and professor at Radboud Universiteit & Vrije Universiteit Brussels
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mireille Hildebrandt, a Professor of ‘Interfacing Law and Technology’ at Vrije Universiteit Brussel, of ‘ICT and the Rule of Law’ at Radboud U...
Simon Roberts, anthropologist and Partner at Stripe Partners: embodiment and the role our bodies play in the technological world
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we talk with Simon about embodiment and embodied knowledge, a pivotal concept in his commercial work and his forthcoming book. Many o...
Capsule Episode Conference: Geke van Dijk, GOOD19 (Great Outdoors of Design) Conference, on Considerate Transformation
18 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This conference brings together design researchers from various backgrounds (including anthropology) from around the world to explore how best to cont...
Mike Youngblood: Design Ethnographer and Cultural Strategist
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Youngblood is a cultural anthropologist working at the nexus of social science and human-centered design. He is the chief conspirator behind The ...
Sarah Pink: Professor of Design and Emerging Technologies: ethnographies on human futures
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Pink is a design anthropologist, researcher, consultant and thought leader, whose work focuses on scholarship and intervention in the fields of ...
Capsule Episode Conference: Anna Berza, Anthropologist and Co-Organizer Why Romania Needs Anthropologists: On Mental Health
19 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we are joined by Anna Berza, founder and president of Asociația Inițiativa pentru Antropologie Utilă (Romanian Initiative for ...
Jeffrey Greger, UX Researcher Varo Money Inc.: from architecture to (industrial) design to applied anthropology & back again
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeffrey Greger, UX Researcher at banking startup Varo Money, has a background in both design and anthropology with a BA in Industrial Design and recen...
Julien Cornebise, Director of Research, AI for Good at Element AI: the ethics, scarcity and drive for purpose of AI and the humans that build it
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Julien Cornebise is a Director of Research, AI for Good at Element AI and head of the London Office. He is also an honorary researcher at University C...
Fumiko Ichikawa, Co-founder, Managing Director at Re:public; from researcher to facilitator of urban innovation
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Fumiko Ichikawa is Co-Founder and Managing Director at Re:public, think and do tank. She has studied human-computer interaction, and she has been the ...
Capsule Episode: Dr. Stephanie Herold, Fieldwork School in Business Anthropology
07 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This field school aims to provide participants with an intensive, boot-camp style learning experience that includes academic grounding in business ant...
Capsule Episode: Dawn Walter, Anthropology + Technology Conference 2019
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The conference aims to bring together technologists working in tech companies on emerging technology projects and applied anthropologists under the th...
Laith Ulaby, on moving between academia and business; from knowledge creator to facilitator; from researcher to builder
24 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Laith Ulaby is Director of Research at Udemy, Lecturer in the MIMS (Master of Information Management and Systems) program at the UC Berkeley School of...
Manuka Henare: A look into New Zealand anthropology & the concept of technology in Maori Culture
10 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mānuka Henare works at the University of Auckland within New Zealand and is a professor in Maori Business development. Manuka is foundation director ...
Greg Bennett - Linguist and Lead User Researcher at Salesforce
24 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Bennett is a Linguist and Lead User Researcher at Salesforce with extensive experience in the technology sector having previously worked for comp...
Steve Fadden: Research Lead, Google & Lecturer for UC Berkeley - blended experience in technology & academia; learning, positionality, ethics
10 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we talk to Steve about his blended experience in both the technology sector and the educational field ; the individual and collec...
Jan Chipchase: director of international research and design projects, writer, photographer and co-founder of Studio D Radiodurans
27 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Chipchase is a director of international research and design projects, writer, photographer and co-founder of Studio D Radiodurans, SDR Traveller ...
Capsule Episode Conference: Dara Hallinan, Program Director CPDP 2019
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
CPDP (Computers, Privacy and Data Protection) is a non-profit platform originally founded in 2007 by research groups from the Vrije Universiteit Bruss...
Alexis Walker: An anthropologist working in technology and business, developments in technology and peoples relationships to technologies
13 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Alexis Walker has over ten years of experience within research design and applying her skills as a social scientist and ethnographer in projects of bo...
Dr. Anupam Das, Linguist and Assistant Professor at IIMK India : on politeness and trolling on social media
30 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Anupam Das is a linguist and an Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, (IIMK) Kerala, India in the area of Humanities &a...
Samantha Rosenthal: An anthropologist in technology & business, developments in technology & people’s relationships to technologies
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Samantha Rosenthal is a digital anthropologists and User Experience Researcher who studies the ways in which digital technologies permeate our daily l...
Susan Wardell: A conversation about Holidays, Rituals and Religion
16 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are back again with the intelligent Susan Wardell who talks to us about her recent work on religion, ethics and care practices in Uganda and ...
Nazima Kadir: Design Anthropologist, Corporate vs Academia; Anthropologists in Research; Ethics in the applied sector
09 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we talk to Nazima about her career path and the limitations of both the commercial and academic worlds. We discuss the transitio...
Stine Louring Nielsen, Design Anthropologist: On healing architecture & how to happily swim in the blended waters of anthropology/architecture/design
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we talk to Stine about healing architecture, space, sensorics and home making; the manner in which she reconciled her interests i...
Ari Nave: Design Anthropology, User Research, Corporate Culture and Culture Change
25 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ari Nave is a design anthropologist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Trained as an anthropologist at UCLA, he is the founder of The King’s India...
Kerry Gibson: researching youth suicide & social technology in NZ; technology, stigma and empowerment
18 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kerry Gibson is a clinical psychologist and her research interests are in the areas of child and family psychology, trauma and psychotherapy. She is c...
Duncan Hay: The (many) definitions of IoT; security, trust & IoT in public urban spaces - Part 2
11 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Duncan Hay, currently a Research Associate at the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, UCL, London, has an extensive experience at the i...
Duncan Hay: Survey of London & the White Chapel Initiative; technology, access and urban history - Part 1
04 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Duncan Hay, currently a Research Associate at the Bartlett Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, UCL, London, has an extensive experience at the i...
Susan Wardell: Sociality, anonymity & power dynamics on social media; self-care, mental health & social technology
28 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Susan Wardell is a Professional Practice Fellow at the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand). She is a medical/social anthropologist, with an...
Anna Kirah, Design Anthropologist: on transdisciplinarity & building the new; 3 techniques to practice empathy
21 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Kirah is an internationally respected design anthropologist and psychologist known for pioneering the people-centric approach to innovation and c...