Shell’s Exploration Efforts Curtailed in Northwestern BC
After blocking Royal Dutch Shell’s access to their hunting grounds on August 21, Tahltan elders have won a temporary court victory. Shell has postponed their injunction application indefinitely. This...
View ArticleThe Ethnography of Chewing Gum Chewers?
Fast Company magazine, famous for its early coverage of corporate anthropology*, has a short piece this month (subscription may be required) on the research that went into Wrigley’s new gum ’5′. The...
View ArticleNokia Cell Phone Researcher on TED
A presentation by Nokia researcher Jan Chipchase is now available on TED.com. His talk is about cell phones and how to design the cell phones of the future. He asks why, regardless of culture, do...
View ArticleCorporate Anthropology and the Anthropologist as Pain-in-the-Butt
In his recent post titled “The Rise of Corporate Anthropology” (Harvard Business Online), Tom Davenport discusses the value of using anthropological methods in the corporate world. I am drawn...
View ArticleGPS Tools
On the heels of my less-than-well-researched post about a free topographical map site — Ed pointed out how to get scanned versions of Canadian National Topographic Series (NTS) maps in the comments —...
View ArticleWhy Computers Can’t Kill Post-Its
From CBC.ca: there are an estimated several hundred ethnographers in the country looking at the specific ways that workers handle “personal information,” like calendars and contact information.
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Public Discussions of Hunting Protests in Northern BC
Figure 1: Moose in the Klappan River, June 1 2002 One of my summer projects is to learn more about public attitudes towards indigenous rights in British Columbia. I am also looking for current...
View ArticleCanadian Anthropology Meetings (CASCA)
I’ll be attending the Canadian Anthropology Society meetings (CASCA) next week. I am part of a round-table discussion on practicing (applied) anthropology. From the session abstract: This roundtable...
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Double Ended, No Headed Moose and More from Congress
I had a great time at Congress10 in Montreal last week. More properly, I attended the meetings of the Canadian Anthropology Association (CASCA) which happened to be meeting with Congress. As...
View ArticleFilm ‘Local Hero’ (1983) Resonates with the Land and Resource Disputes of Today
I saw an incredible film called Local Hero during a trip away from home in August. It is the story of a man from a Texas oil company sent to Scotland to buy up all of the property on an ocean bay for...
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