Anthropology of Business and Technology
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- Theories of business anthropology, organizational culture and technology
- Theories and applied cases of innovation and design anthropology Information
- Technologies and Social Life
- Technological Infrastructure and Culture.
Learning goals
- Demonstrate that they possess the required knowledge by being able to:
- Explain the contribution of anthropology to the analysis of technology-culture-business relationships
- Portray the conceptual landscape of innovation. Discuss the theoretical relationships and interconnectivity between technologies, culture and human practices
- Explain the cultural principles and methods used in the development of a specific technology.
- Account for technology as a component of macrosocial, economic and cultural change.
Demonstrate that they have skills to analyze and assess a specific technological content
- Application of the combined knowledge of innovation, design and anthropology in the area of services, products and infrastructure
- Investigate and analyze the drivers and barriers surrounding technological innovation, in particular their cultural dimensions
- Undertake analysis of the ethical issues at stake
- Critically reflect on technological innovation in a societal framework
- Be able to analyze the cultural context of innovation, and design, identifying responsible opportunities and obstacles
- Be able to detect cultural patterns behind data analytics and apply this insight for strategic decision making
Description of outcome - Competences
Literature
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Brigitte Jordan (ed.) Advancing Ethnography in Corporate Environments: Challenges and Emerging Opportunities, Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Pres
Frank, Thomas 1997. The Conquest of Cool: Business Culture, Counterculture and the Rise of Hip Consumerism. University of Chicago Press.
- Kristin Asdal, Brita Brenna and Ingunn Moser (eds.) (2007) & Technoscience. The Politics of Interventions. Oslo: Oslo University Press.
Neff, Gina & Dawn Nafus (2016) Self tracking. Cambridge: MIT Press
Lupton, Deborah (2016) The Quantified Self: Cambridge: Polity Press
Hyysalo, Sampsa Torben Elgaard Jensen and Nelly Oudshoorn (2016) The New Production of Users Changing innovation collectives and Involvement strategies. New York: Routledge.-
Mumford, Lewis. "Authoritarian and Democratic Technics." Technology and Culture 5 (Winter 1964): 1-8.
- Verbeek. Paul (2011) Moralising technology, Understanding and Designing the Morality of things. London: University of Chicago press.
- Larkin, Brian. Signal and noise: media, infrastructure, and urban culture in Nigeria. Duke University Press, 2008.
- Bartmanski, Dominik, and Ian Woodward. Vinyl: The analogue record in the digital age. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2015.
- Mitchell, Timothy. Rule of experts: Egypt, techno-politics, modernity. Univ of California Press, 2002.
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11 seminars (introductory seminar 2 hours, hereafter 3 hours).
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Participation in seminars 32 hours
Independent work on research paper 238 hours.
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The student’s achievement of the learning goals will be assessed through a written report that will be prepared based on the student’s independent research and incorporate data collected during the semester. Such materials may be appended to the 25 page body of the report. The report should conform to standard research paper formats.
Supplemental information on reexam:
An improved research paper. A short supervision is granted in the form of an explanation of major weaknesses in the original paper.
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Courses offered
Offer period | Offer type | Profile | Education | Semester |
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Fall 2018 | Mandatory | Market Anthropology (ikrafttræden pr. 1. september 2016) | MSc in Economics and Business Administration | Master of Science (Msc) in Economics and Business Administration | Esbjerg, Soenderborg, Slagelse, Odense, Kolding | 1 |
Fall 2018 | Mandatory | Market Anthropology (ikrafttræden pr. 1. september 2017) | MSc in Economics and Business Administration | Master of Science (Msc) in Economics and Business Administration | Esbjerg, Soenderborg, Slagelse, Odense, Kolding | 1 |
Fall 2018 | Optional | Brand Management and Marketing Communication | MSc in Economics and Business Administration | Master of Science (Msc) in Economics and Business Administration | Esbjerg, Soenderborg, Slagelse, Odense, Kolding | |
Fall 2018 | Optional | International Business and Marketing (ikrafttræden pr. 1. september 2017) | MSc in Economics and Business Administration | Master of Science (Msc) in Economics and Business Administration | Esbjerg, Soenderborg, Slagelse, Odense, Kolding | |
Fall 2018 | Optional | Global Marketing and Consumer Culture | MSc in Economics and Business Administration | Master of Science (Msc) in Economics and Business Administration | Esbjerg, Soenderborg, Slagelse, Odense, Kolding | |
Fall 2018 | Optional | Management of Innovation Processes | MSc in Economics and Business Administration | Master of Science (Msc) in Economics and Business Administration | Esbjerg, Soenderborg, Slagelse, Odense, Kolding | Fall 2018 | Exchange students |
Teachers
Name | Department | City | |
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Alev Kuruoglu | alev@sam.sdu.dk | Odense | |
Dorthe Brogård Kristensen | dbk@sam.sdu.dk | Odense | |
Ian Woodward | iawo@sam.sdu.dk | Odense |