CultureBy - Grant McCracken » anthropology

As the academic world continues its slow motion descent into financial and sometimes intellectual insolvency, some anthropologists seek employment in the world of business. The Journal of Busines...

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Variety tells us that the new show called Only Murders is a comedy. And it could be. But there’s a dangerous alchemy attempted here. Bringing together distant generations is hard to do. It almo...

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My apologies to readers. I haven’t posted in a while. But I have an excuse. Two excuses actually. I spent the first half of 2020 scrambling to finish a book. The New Honor Code is now out. (Ple...

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Thoughts on how to be a business anthropologist

https://cultureby.com/2019/06/business-anthropology-some-thoughts.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=business-anthropology-some-thoughts

(This post was originally published a couple of days ago on Medium. I’ve added a post script which does not appear there.) I was listening to one of my favorite podcasts the other day, and was ...

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Charlie Rose recently interviewed George Lucas. At the 16 minute mark, we see these two great men cross swords. It’s a good talking point for those of us who are interested in the art of the ...

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The shouting! The hyperbole! The balloons! Thank God the political conventions are finally over. Cleveland, Philadelphia, and television can finally get back to normal. But the ideological turbin...

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Several weeks ago, Mark Bernstein announced the latest Tinderbox, the “tool for notes.” I almost always sign up for these updates. I almost always give the new edition a quick spin. I almost ...

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Several months ago, Robert Fogarty asked if I wanted to contribute something to a special issue of The Antioch Review called “The Future of Museums.” I did! It’s been years since I worked ...

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Ethnography has grown in the last couple of decades from a moody, friendless method in the social sciences to the belle of the business ball. But clearly it has suffered in this rise to stardom....

https://cultureby.com/2016/04/make-ethnography-better.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=make-ethnography-better

A note on style: I wrote this in a hotel room somewhere. I used Scapple from Literature and Latte to do it.  It was really just a note to myself. But then I thought, “maybe this is a better, m...

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Coming home from Phoenix on Friday, I found myself sharing the plane with Aidy Bryant, Vanessa Bayer, and Bret Stephens. Bryant and Bayer are SNL players. Stephens (below) is Foreign Affairs co...

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