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The anthropologist of Artificial Intelligence

The algorithms that underlie much of the modern world have grown so complex that we always can’t predict what they’ll do. Iyad Rahwan, who directs the Center for... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 26, 2019 at 11:15 PM

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[Book] The Costs of Connection

The Costs of Connection: How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism by Nick Couldry and Ulises A. Mejias Stanford University Press August... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 24, 2019 at 01:18 AM

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End user perceptions of smart home device data practices and risks

“I don’t own the data”: End User Perceptions of Smart Home Device Data Practices and Risks Madiha Tabassum, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Tomasz Kosinski... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 24, 2019 at 01:10 AM

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Digital service teams in government

Digital service teams in government Ines Mergel, Professor of Public Administration, University of Konstanz, Germany Government Information Quarterly August 2019... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 24, 2019 at 12:54 AM

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[Book] Behavioural macroeconomics

Behavioural Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy Paul De Grauwe and Yuemei Ji Oxford University Press October 2019, 256 pages Modern macroeconomics has been based[Book]... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 24, 2019 at 12:50 AM

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The digital lives of refugees [Research report]

There is growing recognition among donors and humanitarian organisations that mobile technology and mobile network operators (MNOs) have an important role to play... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 17, 2019 at 01:25 AM

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Experientia on addressing vaccine hesitancy

Vaccine hesitancy is a top10 global health threat. Dealing with it successfully requires understanding it as a behaviour and generating a holistic view of people... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 4, 2019 at 08:32 PM

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MacArthur Foundation’s “100&Change” competition now calling for applications

100&Change is a MacArthur Foundation competition for a $100 million grant to fund a single proposal that will make measurable progress toward solving a significant... Experientia
From Putting People First | May 2, 2019 at 03:01 AM

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The story of Spotify personas

Spotify’s product designer Mady Torres de Souza and senior user researchers Olga Hörding and Sohit Karol explain how they developed their personas tool, how they... Experientia
From Putting People First | April 4, 2019 at 07:36 PM

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When ethnography becomes a joke

For a number of years, we have witnessed a diminishing appetite for ethnographic work among commercial clients, writes Patricia Sunderland, PhD and founder of Cultural... Experientia
From Putting People First | April 3, 2019 at 09:42 PM

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Old, online, and fed on lies: How an aging population will reshape the internet

Although many older Americans have, like the rest of us, embraced the tools and playthings of the technology industry, a growing body of research shows they have... Experientia
From Putting People First | April 3, 2019 at 09:13 PM

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Research findings send automated sentiment analysis to the trash bin

The age of social media has opened up exciting opportunities for researchers to investigate people’s emotional states on a massive scale. For example, one study... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 31, 2019 at 05:24 AM

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Time Change: How the UX of Time Begins Below the UI

The user experience of most web-based applications begins well below the interface, all the way down to fields in a database. Examining how systems and users experience... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 31, 2019 at 05:15 AM

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Interested in a career with us?

Then we are interested in hearing from you. We have several positions available for talented UX/UI and service designers who are passionate about creating world... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 18, 2019 at 11:35 PM

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Innovation is about understanding culture

Jay Hasbrouck, Founder of Filament Insight & Innovation, argues that ethnographic thinking is an overall innovation strategy that can strategically guide largeInnovation... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 8, 2019 at 11:06 PM

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Ten arguments against algorithmic decision making

Against the Dehumanisation of Decision-Making – Algorithmic Decisions at the Crossroads of Intellectual Property, Data Protection, and Freedom of Information by... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 23, 2019 at 08:51 PM

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[Book] The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West

The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West by Payal Arora Harvard University Press, 2019 280 pages A digital anthropologist examines the online lives[Book]... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 15, 2019 at 09:20 PM

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Papers on behaviour, design and the circular economy

Consumer insights into the circular economy Report of stakeholder meeting, 25 October 2018, 14 pages The “Stakeholder Meeting: Consumer Insights into the Circular... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 13, 2019 at 03:34 AM

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[Book] The Age of Surveillance Capitalism

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for the Future at the New Frontier of Power Shoshana Zuboff Profile Books, 31 January 2019 704 pages The challenges... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 19, 2019 at 07:44 PM

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[Book] Left to Our Own Devices

Left to Our Own Devices: Outsmarting Smart Technology to Reclaim Our Relationships, Health, and Focus Margaret E. Morris MIT Press, 2018 192 pages Unexpected ways... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 10, 2019 at 06:41 PM