a multi-media research project on urban and visual anthropology in Baltimore that is part of a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates grant at Towson University. In this project, students will be conducting research on neighborhoods in Baltimore utilizing anthropological methods through the lens of a public anthropology with a variety of digital media. A sampling of chronological data in the form of videos, photos, audio, links and text posted to this site represent the outcome and mediation of those endeavors. For further context click 'archive' below and then access the post 'Guiding Document'.
This is a methods piece published by Dr. Collins and Dr. Durington in the May 2012 edition of Anthropology News. It reflects on the 2011 experiences of Anthropology by the Wire toward the development of networked anthropology.
Holy guacamole Rereading these entries an revisiting last summer is intense in a way I didn’t expect. I had truly forgot how profoundly last summer until I started my walk down memory lane, which by the way happens to be in Baltimore city. And consists of a few streets, several being one way…
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I’m presenting at the Society for Applied Anthropology conference in Baltimore tomorrow! Who knew that helping out my professors with a little thing called Anthropology by the Wire would turn into a cornerstone of my senior year… So not only do I get to present but I get to check out all of the other speakers, for free! Hopefully I’ll meet some professors that will make great mentors in a grad school program. So much nerdy excitement!!!
I used to have a “mic” pasted next to my house in Ridgely’s Delight. Now I finally know who did it. Thank you Nether.
People ask me “why do you like anthropology?”. Hell, that’s like asking why your favorite color is what it is.
Here’s one of the many reasons: I’m sitting in a class called “Anthropology of Resistance and Revolution in Latin America”!
I love this discipline.
So there’s a really cool term I’m beginning to use more and more: prosumer (literally the combination of producer and consumer). I use this more and more with the advent of social networking technology. This article—although written by some ‘laid back’ non-academics—hints at how interactive live arts performances may change with new networking technologies.
Theory: The technology is produced; now its the consumers job to construct its use. A prosumer society (re)constructs a product in a way that the producers might not have imagined (ie: twitter/facebook to overthrow dictators or the Pirate Party use of technology to create a “liquid democracy”).
Its no surprise to many of you (especially the anthropologists that may be reading this) that online social media now holds a predominant place in politics, whether it be local, regional, national or global. Much attention is being paid to how ‘events’ on facebook are used to organize activism or…
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