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EmTech Anthropology: Careers at the Frontier emphasizes anthropology's critical role at the frontier of emerging technologies (EmTech). The book delves into the possibilities and opportunities that arise from the convergence of anthropology and emerging technology, highlighting the potential benefits for both.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword
1 Introduction
2 Everyday Life, Ever-Present AI: Data and Privacy in Voice Assistants and Chatbots
3 Reimagining Recommender Systems: Towards a More Equitable Model for Creators
4 Towards an Anthro-Centric Cybersecurity
5 Cargo Cult or Kula Ring? The Battle for Shared Ethos in Web3
6 Anthropology is Good to Build With: From Ethnographic Imagination to Anthropological Speculation in Robotics
7 Latin American NewSpace: Anthropological Collaborations and Critiques
8 Good Ethnography for Good Food: Making Genetic Engineering Palatable to the US Market
9 Biotechnology and Anthropology: Bringing Human Experience into Focus
10 The Space Between: Charting the Past and Future Relationships between Anthropology and Emerging Technologies
About the author
Matt Artz is an anthropologist, designer, and technologist specializing in AI product development. He is the founder of Azimuth Labs, host of the Anthropology in Business and Anthro to UX podcasts, and co-editor of EmTech Anthropology and the forthcoming Anthropology and AI. His work has been featured on TED, UNESCO, South by Southwest, and Apple’s Planet of the Apps.
Dr. Lora Koycheva is an anthropologist and technologist working at the intersection of anthropology, innovation, entrepreneurship, and robotics. She is Assistant Professor at the Chair of Technoscience Studies in Brandenburg Technical University. She is also building Robots, actually! – a global initiative to rebuild the human condition with robots. From 2020 to 2023, she was a convenor of the EASA Applied Anthropology Network. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from Northwestern University.
Summary
EmTech Anthropology: Careers at the Frontier emphasizes anthropology's critical role at the frontier of emerging technologies (EmTech). The book delves into the possibilities and opportunities that arise from the convergence of anthropology and emerging technology, highlighting the potential benefits for both.
