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An ethnography of tax-avoidance experts

Sociologist Brooke Harrington realized that if she were ever going to understand global inequality she would have to become one of the people who helps create it... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 29, 2015 at 07:40 AM

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Madrid, the non-neoliberal smart city

Paul Mason, economics editor at Channel 4 News and occasional columnist at The Guardian, writes about an alternative smart city vision: the “non-neoliberal smart... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 26, 2015 at 06:30 AM

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Madrid, the non-neoliberal smart city

Paul Mason, economics editor at Channel 4 News and occasional columnist at The Guardian, writes about an alternative smart city vision: the “non-neoliberal smart... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 26, 2015 at 06:30 AM

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IKEA Play Report 2015

IKEA has undertaken a major research-driven project in 2014 across 12 countries (report here) to explore the subjects of children’s development and play, and young... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 23, 2015 at 11:05 AM

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White paper: Design for aging

Designing the Second Half of Life: Innovation for Aging A visual white paper by Karten Design September 2015 The next 30 years will be a defining era for the American... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 23, 2015 at 07:09 AM

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Imagining a future IKEA catalogue [design fiction]

On August 31st Julian Bleecker and Nicolas Nova from the Near Future Laboratory organised a full day design fiction workshop in Sweden focused on the consumer-oriented... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 23, 2015 at 06:33 AM

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[Book] Watching Closely by Christena Nippert-Eng

Watching Closely: A Guide to Ethnographic Observation by Christena Nippert-Eng Oxford University Press, October 2015 296 pages Ethnographers rely on three related... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 22, 2015 at 06:10 AM

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Interview with acclaimed social psychologist Sherry Turkle

Tim Adams has published a long interview with Sherry Turkle, MIT Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology, in the Observer (the Sunday editionInterview... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 22, 2015 at 05:34 AM

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Obama’s nudging efforts are so far only about prodding

The White House’s Social and Behavioral Science Team (SBST), a cross-agency effort to bring behavioral science research into the policy making process, has just... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 22, 2015 at 05:11 AM

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Seeking meaning in a Big Data world

The Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s new national centre for data science, will focus on “drawing value out of the data”, writes Emily Cadman in the Financial Times... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 21, 2015 at 10:25 AM

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Inside the mind of museum-goer

Why do some people spend all day in a gallery while others dash around in an hour? Laurent Carpentier wonders what is the difference between the 3.6% of respondents... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 19, 2015 at 10:49 AM

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Don Norman on why “mostly autonomous” cars are dangerous

Cars that are autonomous most of the time (but not all the time) are dangerous, argues Donald Norman: “Whether you are fan or foe of completely autonomous vehicles... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 19, 2015 at 10:30 AM

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[Book] Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking

Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking By Richard E. Nisbett Farrar, Straus & Giroux August 2015 Description Scientific and philosophical concepts can change the way... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 17, 2015 at 06:12 AM

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[Book] The Quantified Self

The Quantified Self by Deborah Lupton Polity Press April 2016 Description With the advent of digital devices and software, self-tracking practices have gained new... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 17, 2015 at 05:58 AM

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Experientia report: Design for ageing gracefully

Design for Ageing Gracefully Rethinking Health and Wellness for the Elderly: Public Services Asian Insights & Design Innovation, DesignSingapore Council October... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 13, 2015 at 10:31 AM

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[Report] Applying design approaches to policy making

Applying Design Approaches to Policy Making: Discovering Policy Lab Written by Lucy Kimbell Illustrated by Holly Macdonald Published by the University of Brighton... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 11, 2015 at 06:46 AM

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Digital identity ecosystems in the context of Big data and mass surveillance

Research on Digital Identity Ecosystems by Francesca Bria, Gemma Galdon Clavell, Javier Ruiz, José María Zavala, Laura Fitchner, Harry Halpin D-CENT (Decentralised... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 8, 2015 at 09:21 AM

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Building a design-driven culture

It’s not enough to just sell a product or service—companies must truly engage with their customers. McKinsey & Company outlines four elements of a design-driven... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 3, 2015 at 10:39 AM

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Stop Googling. Let’s Talk.

MIT Professor Sherry Turkle has been studying the psychology of online connectivity for more than 30 years. For the past five, I’ve had a special focus: What has... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 3, 2015 at 04:42 AM

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Draft proceedings of EPIC 2015 conference online

The 2015 edition of EPIC, the premier international gathering on the current and future practice of ethnography in the business world, will take place in Sao Paulo... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 2, 2015 at 06:43 AM