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Curators:
Arvind Venkataramani • SonicRim
Nora Morales • Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Cuajimalpa
Paul Ratliff • Design Strategist and Innovation Consultant

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Tuesday 11–11:30am

The Researcher Life

The Flat World
Bridget Monahan • MAYA Design

The Undergraduate Anthropologist
Ruby Dallas • Macquarie University

Locating Ourselves In the Liminal
Ari Nave • The King’s Indian, Inc.

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Tuesday 2–2:30pm

Nature / Natures

Biomimicry: Learnings from ‘the Field’
Adina Daar • Independent Researcher

A Prairie Revival
Brianna Farber • University of South Carolina

Living Comfortably In Glass Houses
Alexandra Zafiroglu, Heather Patterson & Faith McCreary • Intel Corporation

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Tuesday 4–4:30pm

Women / Feminism

Working For It: Feminist Art and Ethnography
Carrie Yury • BeyondCurious, Inc.

Looking to “Right-Hand Women:” Strategies for Shaping Impactful Paths in Business
Hannah Pick Calderon & Natalia Silva • INSITUM

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Wednesday 9–9:30am

Frames for Thinking

Paradoxical Thinking as a Gateway to Socio-Cultural Insights
Elizabeth Anderson-Kempe • Artemis Research by Design

Critical Jugaad
Deepa Butoliya • Carnegie Melllon University

What I Think about when I Think about Running
Simon Roberts • Stripe Partners

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Wednesday 11:30am–12:30pm

Reflecting on Methods

“LOLZ OMG, I’M DEAD”: The Rise of Performative Behavior in Social Media, and It’s Implications for Digital Ethnography
Kathleen Hartnett • SapientNitro

When ‘Design Thinkers’ Prototype—Through an Anthropologist’s Eyes
Bryony Wilson • Empathy

The Elephant in the Room: A Lesson from the Field
Liubava Shatokhina • Gemic

A Thrice Told Truth
Evan Hanover • Conifer Research & Marta Cuciurean-Zapan • IDEO

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Wednesday 3:00–3:30pm

Standards of Practice

How Asking about the Best Reveals Ourselves
Jennifer Ng • Independent

How a 10-Day Silent Meditation Course Made Me a Better Researcher
Shipra Kayan • Upwork

The Full Epiphany
Robbie Blinkoff • Context-Based Research Group

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Wednesday 5–5:30pm

Learning with Others

Primate Pathmaking
John Dominski • gravitytank & Christena Nippert-Eng • Indiana University Bloomington

Crescent Cove—Changing Course
Teri Kwant & Nancy O’Brien • RSP Architects