Category: Anthropology Is Everywhere
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How does Bias work?
From technology to human resources, bias is a hot topic; it creeps into judicial processes, into innovation, into employment and diversity issues. Above all, bias can be very pervasive and hard to shift, because it can be very much entrenched into how we see things, until it’s literally hard to impossible to see without it.For…
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The one where I extol the virtues of anthropology
Is anthropology useful? This question usually happens right before a person admits they know next to nothing about the science in question. (Which, I should say, leaves us with a far deeper and more concerning question, to whit – are we in fact unable to consider things we know little about as useful? Is that…
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Should we keep up serious debates during the holidays? Reflections on overworking
Initially, this was going to be a complex post about responsibility and change, because they are current hot topics and because many of the people I talk with and clients have expressed various thoughts about change, inclusivity, diversity, and responsibility over the last while. It was a hot topic of 2020 and it promises to…
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The Forbes Power Women’s Summit – key takes and impressions
There are few events that are not, in some way, about power. If, socially, power is about being able to be seen and heard, to assert one’s presence and knowledge, then, in a way, every event, summit and conference empower us to do this in our own sphere… but few events attempt to look at…