Business Anthropology Roundtable: New Voices, New Destinations, New Futures

Business Anthropology Roundtable: New Voices, New Destinations, New Futures

Chair: Santee, Amy (Empirical Rsch & Design)

Roundtable Participants:

AIKEN, Jo (UNT), DORNADIC, Alicia (Independent), KERSEY, Jen Cardew (SapientNitro), SCHILL, Elizabeth (Partnership for Public Service), and RIOS, Danyel (UNT)

 

Abstract:

Business Anthropology Roundtable: New Voices, New Destinations, New Futures. More and more anthropologists are finding employment in the business world. But what is it actually like to work there? This session will feature an open discussion between attendees and five anthropologists who are in the early stages of their professional careers. They have worked as freelancers, researchers, consultants, and interns for Fortune 50 companies, consulting firms, design agencies, and other businesses. Audience questions are welcome, and topics may include the academy-to-business transition, practitioner issues, job roles, the anthropologist identity, and what life is like as a young professional-anthropologist in business. 

 

Session took place in Albuquerque, NM at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology in March 2014.