JOIN HERE! EPIC has teamed up with Ethnography Matters and Anthrodesign to create a new Slack channel for conversations about ethnographic methods. At Ethnography Hangout, we are an interdisciplinary group wearing many hats from design to tech and research, so you don’t need to have any formal background in ethnography to participate. To us, creating…
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New Job Board and Business Directory
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On the eve of our conference in São Paulo, Brazil, we are proud to announce the launch of EPIC’s Job Board and Business Directory, both designed to cater to the professional interests of our community. The Job Board provides practitioners with the ability to track new career opportunities, from freelance positions to full-time positions and…
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EPIC is Our Community
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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, or having a career that academia couldn’t provide. The point was always about who I got to work with and the dynamism we experienced doing the work because we…
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EPIC Membership: Growing Community, Advancing Value
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Earlier this year, we launched www.epicpeople.org as our first effort to expand the charter of EPIC. For ten years, EPIC has focused on hosting an annual conference that has brought together hundreds of practitioners of ethnography from around the world. While our annual conference gives people the chance to spend a few days with industry…
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History Matters
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By Maria Bezaitis, Alex Mack, and ken anderson The EPIC Proceedings are a history of people, ideas, arguments, and conversations. While the proceedings are not an exhaustive representation of who we are, what we work on, how we think, they provide an important view into precisely these facets of the EPIC community. At the NYC conference…
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Global Expertise at Your Fingertips
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Intelligences As EPIC people around the world gear up for another incredible conference, we are excited to launch a new initiative on www.epicpeople.org to advance the unparalleled expertise of the EPIC community. Intelligences immerses you in a decade of essential work in our field, establishing EPIC as the best source of ethnographic expertise on a…
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Welcome EPIC People!
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It’s time for EPIC to expand its charter and role. Since our first annual conference in 2005, EPIC has brought practitioners together on annual basis to share insights about people, to discuss challenges associated with practicing ethnography, and simply to meet up with colleagues from around the world. While the annual conference will remain central…