Digital Anthropology

Excellent talk on the state of the Internet, surveillance, privacy. The whole kit and kaboodle.

Report on the extent of data being gathered on US consumers and the lack of transparency and accountability in the "data brokerage" industry.

For those of you who are interested in the whole "breakup 2.0" subject.

Johanna shared this on StudIP but I thought it would be good to have it here as well. Thanks Johanna!

Futurist thinking on how to embed digital technologies into the experience of outdoor leisure time.

A link from the Taylor piece I just shared.

An interesting short article from anthropologist Erin Taylor on how the internet is affecting the representation and production of the self.

"Urbanscale was founded by Adam Greenfield in 2010 to bring a human-centered perspective to the design of products, services, and spatial interventions wherever networked information technology intersects the urban condition, for the benefit of everybody who lives, works, strives, and dreams in the world's cities. We work with municipal, public-sector and private organizations on one-off and long-term consulting projects, as well as developing our own products. Our expertise in interaction and interface design, ethnography, graphic design, typography, cartography and software development is complemented by extensive experience working in North America, Europe and Asia."

Adam Greenfield also wrote books on that subject. If anyone is interested: http://speedbird.wordpress.com/my-book-everyware-the-dawning-age-of-ubiquitous-computing/

Thanks for that Janek. Looks very interesting, and provides a great example of how design, ethnography and ubiquitous computing can be combined.

More on the curious intimacy of mobile phones in our lives and the role they play in mediating the distinction between "public" and "private".

The world's first recognised cyborg.

Just one example of the political manipulation of social media.

A handy bibliography for digital anthropology methods

Turning crowds into computers.

Wirelessly powering the internet of things.