ANTHROP 1AB3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Ikea, Big Data, Biological Anthropology
12 Apr 2017
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Outside of academia is where most anthropologists work ! You get a degree in x - prepare you for y job! Prepares you for variety of career, where you have skills for ie. listening skills, problem solving skills, ability to execute and work on time! Most people will end up outside of academia! Medical anthropology- fastest growing area ie. comparing health and healing systems ! Corporations that have full time anthropologists ! Anthropologists are experts in human culture and diversity, ie. google may hire anthropologists to help with big data they get ! Ie. apple wants to know why their ipads aren"t selling for x generations (go into eld and nd out) ! Ie thy can see bigger picture ! They are experts at analyzing data, we tend to be experts in more qualitative research ! Talks about start of trend for hiring anthropologists! The two biggest employers in north america is called red associates and idea couture !
