Advancing the Value of Ethnography

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Learning Week 2025

Learning Week most recently took place May 12–16, 2025. Check out our daily themes below. Recordings will be posted as soon as they’re available.

Social & Technological Change

Monday, May 12, 2025
Speakers addressed critical changes at the intersection of technology, politics, and society that are affecting (perhaps radically) our work and our lives.

Research Futures

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
A hallmark of ethnography is adaptation to socio-technical change. Speakers brought the right mix of rigor, creativity, and innovation to core and leading-edge methodologies.

Intelligences

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
It is both strategically and ethically necessary to engage multiple, collective, and distributed intelligences. Speakers explored social and cognitive implications of AI interaction and how AI adoption is changing organizations, collaboration, and work.

Careers

Thursday, May 15, 2025
The right way to navigate your career or search for a job is the one that feels the best – with a generous community of smart, creative folks. We heard from speakers and hiring managers about the market for our work and heard strategies for networking.

Learning Week 2023

Talk/Seminar

A Critical Moment for Global Change: Ethnographers Acting on Climate and Sustainability

Melissa Gregg et al.

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Deciding How to Decide with Research

Chris Butler

Talk/Seminar

Navigating the Realities of Self-Employment

Shelley Sather et al.

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Collective Wisdom on Where We've Been & Ethnographic Practice in the Future

Elizabeth Anderson-Kempe et al.

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How to Work Responsibly with Emerging Technologies

John Payne

Tutorial

From Users to User Ecosystems: Applying Systems Thinking to Ethnography

Mike Youngblood et al.

Tutorial

Ethnofutures Techniques for Strategic Decisions

Jan English-Lueck et al.

Tutorial

The Science of Storytelling

Liz Lewis

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Research Portfolio Workshop

Marc LaFleur & Alexandra Mack

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Knowledge Management Principles for Researchers

Emily DiLeo

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Automate Yourself to Work on What You Love

Lisa Kleinman et al.

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Career Pivots: Market Research & Brand Strategy

Cato Hunt et al.

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Career Pivots: Service Design

Shelley Evanson et al.

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Career Pivots: Strategy & Foresight Consulting

Rebekah Park et al.

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Equity-Centered Leadership

Shakima Jackson-Martinez

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From Insights to Intuition: Transforming the Role of Research

Asif Baki

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Foundational AI: Navigating a Shifting Terrain

Rogério De Paula et al.

Tutorial

Thinking & Communicating with Visual Frameworks

Erin Hackett & Mujtaba Hameed

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Strategic Foresight Methods for Innovation

Sam Ladner