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  • I’ve got a workplace puzzle would you please help me solve it

I’ve got a workplace puzzle: would you please help me solve it?

In a previous World of Work post, I said that introducing anthropology to new audiences should include interesting stories. I have found that lecturing about my work experience is not particularly engaging for high-school and college students. My engineering career is a big domain jump for many of them. Scenarios emphasize the breadth of anthropological application and encourage students to offer their own perspectives. This post shares how I used scenarios about business anthropology to engage a high-school audience. The Scenarios and Discussion I used anthropological and business terms to develop the scenarios in Table 1. The teacher divided the class [...]

  • How Can I Teach Anthropology to High School Students if I am an Unconventional Applied Anthropologist?

How Can I Teach Anthropology to High School Students if I am an Unconventional Applied Anthropologist?

The International Baccalaureate program at my daughter’s high school recently added anthropology to its curriculum.  The instructor kindly accepted my offer to be a guest presenter. How do you tell high school students about anthropology when you are not a typical anthropologist?  You talk about normal anthropology stuff.  You use the discussion to identify the broader ways that anthropology intersects with the business world. Step 1: Bring gifts I started off by saying, “I work in the program management office at an aerospace company.” One student asked, “Aren’t you in anthropology?” I elaborated, “You know that a ritual in cross-cultural encounters [...]

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