AAN Apply Club Events

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#AANImpulses are one-hour events, starting with a 15–20 minute impulse, introducing the work of an applied anthropologist in a certain field, showing how anthropology helped a specific project, and inspiring the community to ask difficult questions and talk about important challenges. It will be followed by a 40-minute discussion between all participants.

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Anthro-Tech Talk - ''Ageing Technology: Sociology, Anthropology and human-computer interaction''

Mar 05 2024 79 mins  
Have you ever contemplated the integration of digital home technologies into the lives of older individuals? Can immersive virtual reality be leveraged for enrichment in aged care? Additionally, can novel technologies aid visually impaired individuals in enhancing their community engagement? During our inaugural event, Jenny Waycott, Yolande Strangers, and Kimbal Marriott delivered

AAN Impulse No. 12 - "Thick Machines - Data science and machine learning in ethnography." (by Anders Munk, Aalborg University)

Jan 02 2023 79 mins  
In this talk Techno-Anthropology associate professor and Techno-Anthropology-Lab director Anders Munk is going to talk about Thick Machines:Anthropologists are increasingly integrating data science and machine learning methods into their ethnographic tool kits. The talk explores what such methods can become in the hands of a computational anthropology and what current debates in AI

AAN Impulse No. 11 - "Our Relationship with Algorithms" (by Maria Cury, Partner at ReD Associates)

Oct 18 2022 65 mins  
Have you ever wondered how our relationship with content-generating algorithms will change the expectations and experiences we seek from tech and social media? Can people create productive, two-way relationships with online algorithms?On January 27th 2022, Maria Cury, partner at ReD Associates, gave an inspiring and provoking talk with challenging questions for our community to dis

AAN Impulse No. 10 - "“Why the world needs digital innovation in anthropology – and why UNESCO joined the ride.” (by James Ingram, Founder of LiiV)

Oct 18 2022 88 mins  
Digital disruption generates new global challenges, stressing the fundamental structures of our societies. Today leaders rely heavily on big data to understand this impact on our communities and cultures, which can lead to enormous ethical blindspots. While Anthropologists have ethnography to study these cultural shifts, oftentimes ethnography alone is too slow for the speed needed

AAN Impulse No. 9 - "Can we create a financial sector fit for a human world?" (by Erin Taylor, Founder of Finthropology)

Oct 17 2022 73 mins  
In the past few decades there has been a growing belief in the finance, not-for-profit and government sectors that great financial tools can improve people’s lives, yet there are many examples of financial services causing harm. Is it possible to create great financial tools that improve the lives of humans without exposing them to undue risk?On July 22 2021, Erin Taylor, founder

AAN Impulse No. 8 - "Anthropologists as explorers, innovators... and managers? What does it take to have impact in today's world?" (by Melissa Cefkin, Snr. Staff Researcher at WAYMO)

Jun 10 2022 71 mins  
APPLIED-ANTHRO-POWER?How to get it and why we might not have it yet, tells us Melissa Cefkin, Senior Staff Researcher at WAYMO, in this AAN Impulse session!Anthropologists have deployed a couple of key tropes in their aim to gain relevance in today’s future-oriented world. One, the trope of anthropologist-as-explorer, directs attention to new places and new subjects, trading mobi

AAN Impulse No. 7 - "Anthropology rocks - but if we confuse, we lose." (by Walter Faaij, Founder of Green Culture Lab)

Jun 09 2022 75 mins  
Who needs rockstars, when they can have anthropologists? All of us of course do not need to be convinced of this, but how do we help other stakeholders of the applied anthropological impact see it our way. “To build anthropology with impact, we need to position ourselves with strength and clarity. Tell great stories, have answers ready on tough questions, (or the right questions)

AAN Impulse No. 5 - "How can anthropology enrich data science and help build better recommender systems?" (by Iveta Hajdakova, Associate Director at StripePartners)

Jun 07 2022 68 mins  
EVER WONDERED HOW SPOTIFY, NETFLIX, AMAZON AND Co RECOMMENDS CONTENT FOR YOU?In this #aanimpulses session Iveta Hajdakova from StripePartners talks about her paper published case study of Spotify: "Beyond User Needs - A Meaning Oriented Approach to Recommender Systems" see https://www.epicpeople.org/beyond-user-needs-meaning-oriented-approach-recommender-systems/. In her presentati

AAN Impulse No. 4 - "Escaping the Silicon Valley Dogma to build digital innovations that serve Europe's interests and values." (by Kevin Echraghi, Founder of Heretique & and Professor at Science Po)

Jan 27 2022 84 mins  
“In the name of efficiency, entrepreneurship and information. Amen.” …A bold title for a bold presentation, with which Kevin Guive Echraghi opened the Pandora’s Box of innovation at several big conferences already. The question is what kind of ideologies and dogmas steamroll innovation around the globe? At hérétique, Kevin and his team challenge some of the most indoctrin

AAN Impulse No. 3 - "Bring Back the Bodies - Reflections on embodied knowledge and communication" (by Simon Roberts, Founder and Partner at StripePartners)

Jul 05 2021 67 mins  
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