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Rita Denny applies an anthropological framework to consumer behavior across the globe, calling on linguistic, semiotic and symbolic traditions for interpreting attitudes, perceptions and practices.
Rita’s work has supported strategic development of products, services and brands as well as communications strategies for Fortune Global 500 companies, government agencies and public institutions. Most recently, she is the executive director of EPIC. Rita holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from University of Chicago. With Patricia Sunderland she is the author of Doing Anthropology in Consumer Research and editor of Handbook of Anthropology in Business. She is a dedicated Lake Michigan swimmer.
EPIC: www.epicpeople.org
Practica: www.practicagroup.com
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Rita Denny applies an anthropological framework to consumer behavior across the globe, calling on linguistic, semiotic and symbolic traditions for interpreting attitudes, perceptions and practices.
Rita’s work has supported strategic development of products, services and brands as well as communications strategies for Fortune Global 500 companies, government agencies and public institutions. Most recently, she is the executive director of EPIC. Rita holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology from University of Chicago. With Patricia Sunderland she is the author of Doing Anthropology in Consumer Research and editor of Handbook of Anthropology in Business. She is a dedicated Lake Michigan swimmer.
EPIC: www.epicpeople.org
Practica: www.practicagroup.com
Rita on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rita-denny-a9393a5/
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EthnoPod with Jay Hasbrouck
Bringing Design Closer with Gerry Scullion
ProdPod with Adrienne Tan
Getting Started in Design with Gerry Scullion
Power of Ten with Andy Polaine
NEW: The Big Remote with Gerry Scullion and Andy Polaine
NEW: Moments of Change with Melanie Rayment
Talking Shop with Andy Polaine and Gerry Scullion
Decoding Culture with Dr. John Curran
NEW: World Wide Waste with Gerry McGovern
NEW: Global Jams Podcast with Adam Lawrence and Markus Hormess
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Read articles on our This is HCD Network on Medium - Please join me as I talk with Sam Ladner about her new book, Mixed Methods. We cover some of Sam's critical insights, including: working in cross-functional teams, the importance of artifacts, creating psychological safety, luxuriating in the customer, and data exhaust. If you're a current or aspiring UX Researcher, this episode is for you!
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Getting Started in Design with Gerry Scullion
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Read articles on our This is HCD Network on Medium - Please join me as I talk with Sam Ladner about her new book, Mixed Methods. We cover some of Sam's critical insights, including: working in cross-functional teams, the importance of artifacts, creating psychological safety, luxuriating in the customer, and data exhaust. If you're a current or aspiring UX Researcher, this episode is for you!
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Design Politics Conference site
Power of Ten with Andy Polaine
EthnoPod with Jay Hasbrouck
Bringing Design Closer with Gerry Scullion
ProdPod with Adrienne Tan
Getting Started in Design with Gerry Scullion
Talking Shop with Andy Polaine and Gerry Scullion
Decoding Culture with Dr. John Curran
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Read articles on our This is HCD Network on Medium Genevieve Bell 'Anthropology, cybernetics, and establishing a new branch of engineering at ANU'
07/01/2020 | 58 mins.Genevieve Bell is a distinguished professor at the Australian National University and the Director of the Autonomy, Agency and Assurance (3A) Institute. She is also a Vice President and Senior Fellow at Intel Corporation. After completing her PhD in cultural anthropology at Stanford University, she joined Intel in 1998 and went on to establish Intel’s first User Experience R&D Lab, and co-founded its first Strategy Office, where she ‘spent her life in the future, returning to the present on the weekends’. In 2017 she returned to her home country of Australia to establish the 3A institute examining the human impact of AI at scale. She continues to support the Intel senior leadership group whilst creating a new branch of engineering at the ANU.
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