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Category: Analytic Induction
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Guest blogger Denise Hewitt wants to claim “forensics” all for psychology (we know its all applied anthropology) in the following post: Face to face with our nation’s most reviled citizens, it’s not government officials or law enforcement diving into deep, murky, psychological waters of alleged criminals — it’s a relatively new breed of cognitive analysts.…
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Tomorrow TheAnthroGuys are giving a presentation about our core competency: Analytic Induction that gets practiced in search of opportunities to “add value“. This is a rather clunky way to express what we do but we are still sharpening our ‘laser focus’ so bear with us. Once we reach Gladwell’s 10,000 hours, I’m sure it will sound better. …
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Jason, a clever colleague of mine, found an interesting article that reminded me of Claude Lévi-Strauss’ use of bricolage [French for, “fiddle, tinker” and, by extension, “make creative and resourceful use of whatever materials are to hand (regardless of their original purpose)]. Paul Boutin describes a variety of simple solutions to complex problems that typify…
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Wow, if you ever wondered what Practicing Anthropologists do for the world, visit the Point Forward site today. I found out about this firm’s web site by following a Google add link that was on my own LinkedIn page – yes apparently the whole “targeted advertising” thing actually works from time to time. I was…
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Analytic Induction is the hallmark of great ethnography. Leonardo da Vinci, the great “pre-Principia natural philosopher” (if you will allow such an figurative appellation) that he was, was well aware of this fact, many years before it existed. Here are some choice quotations I found that illustrate my point. Common Sense is that which judges…
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Are entrepreneurs actually Ferengi in disguise? Ferengi, the sniveling money grubbers of Star Trek (pictured here) seem to me to be motivated by one principle above all else: PROFIT! Conversely, entrepreneurs seem to be motivated by a different principle above all else: VALUE! The important question then becomes: Is there any difference between PROFIT and…
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