Open AccessMedia, Mediation and the Curatorial Value of Professional Anthropologists
Author(s) -
POWELL MICHAEL G.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
ethnographic praxis in industry conference proceedings
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1559-8918
pISSN - 1559-890X
DOI - 10.1111/1559-8918.2016.01073
Subject(s) - mediation , ethnography , sociology , value (mathematics) , product (mathematics) , applied anthropology , work (physics) , anthropology , engineering ethics , social science , engineering , geometry , mathematics , machine learning , computer science , mechanical engineering
This paper seeks to broaden the discipline of professional anthropology by considering the role of the anthropologist as a curator and a guide for the mediation of cultural symbols, artifacts and products in and among the organizations we work for or with. It employs two case studies of product curation activities, guided by strategic insights shaped in part by a professional cultural anthropologist. The paper builds on prior discussions and insights within the EPIC community to suggest potential new directions for professional anthropologists to pursue, alongside and/or outside of ethnographic research projects.