UNDERSTAND THE WORLD
CHANGE THE WORLD
We are a mission-driven, independent consulting firm founded by academic anthropologists. We are committed to understanding and shaping technology in the real world, here-and-now.
We offer an on-the-ground understanding of the social impacts and ethical challenges of technology design and development. We bring thinkers and makers together to create positive technology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE INSIGHTS FOR
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE TECHNOLOGY
Our rigorous, scholarly ethnographic research digs much deeper than superficial interviews or focus groups. Expert ethnography reveals how things actually happen in the world—not what we plan or want—but real life in all its unpredictability. We are committed to a barefoot tech ethics, drawn from on-the-ground practice, offering real life solutions.
NUANCED
ETHNOGRAPHY
In-depth fieldwork for an on-the-ground understanding of how technology is designed, developed and used in the real world
SOPHISTICATED
THEORY
Rigorous intellectual engagement with critical theory, philosophy and cutting-edge academic research in the social sciences
CREATIVE
ADVISING
We help anticipate the unexpected consequences of technologies and develop technology for the common good
OUR PROJECTS
ETHNOGRAPHIC CONSULTING
We match anthropologists whose expertise dovetails with the questions and issues of your project to provide in-depth, socially situated analysis. We utilize a powerful toolbox of qualitative and quantitive methods to identify patterns and surface new insights.
FIELDWORK
We offer ethnographic research in field sites around the world. Our team has extensive on-the-ground experience, offering international and cross-cultural perspectives from Argentina to Zimbabwe.
TECH ETHICS WORKSHOPS
We facilitate workshops to dig deeper into issues of tech ethics. Drawing from design thinking, ethnography, and critical theory, our approach allows us to define the problem and find the solution at the same time.