Making an Impact
submit your news | become a member Around the world EPIC Members are doing amazing things! Their achievements inform and inspire our community, advancing th...
Making an Impact
Around the world EPIC Members are doing amazing things! Their achievements inform and inspire our community, advancing the value of ethnography. Check out this ...
New Learning Opportunities for EPIC People
EPIC’s ability to “advance the value of ethnography in industry” is powered by the skills, expertise and impact of the individuals who make up this comm...
Reaffirming Our Values in Critical Times: How Will the EPIC Community Respond?
Shortly after we opened our Call for Participation for EPIC2017 in Montréal, President Trump ordered a temporary travel ban for many people with joint citizens...
Commit to Critical Understanding
The US election has come and gone and now the world watches as a new configuration of power assembles itself. To us, this transition feels upsetting for many r...
Pathmaking, Bushwhacking—Wisdom from EPIC2016
In the weeks following EPIC2016 our community has been reflecting on the inspiring presentations we heard, building on the new connections we made, and incor...
Our Collective Project of Change
EPIC2016 at the University of Minnesota was wonderful for all sorts of reasons—in particular, the hard work of our fabulous organizing team and the fact that ...
“In the Age of Data, Businesses Can’t Forget about Observation”
Last week at EPIC2016, award-winning business journalist Lee Schafer of the Star-Tribune joined EPIC Members and distinguished guest panelists in pre-confere...
Remembering Brigitte Jordan
This week we lost a pioneer of ethnography in business and a treasured member of our community. Brigitte “Gitti” Jordan’s professional con...
New Ethnography Slack!
JOIN HERE! EPIC, Ethnography Matters and Anthrodesign have teamed up to create a Slack channel to build community in applied ethnography. At Ethnography Hango...
EPIC is Our Community
Maria Bezaitis, EPIC Board President I entered the field of applied ethnography in the mid-90s. For me the point was never about practicing my academic training...
The Sociality of #shoetweet: On Latour-ing Sandals and Webinar Boots
by (Univ. of North Carolina Charlotte) Come on, people—show us the shoes: #shoetweet @epicpeople_org You can think I’m irrationally obsessed with shoes...