Adam Gamwell
Biographic Data
| ID | 737925 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adam Gamwell |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adam |
| FAMILY NAME | Gamwell |
| SIGNATURE | GAMWELL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Emerson College |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2943-0691 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
AI and Business Anthropology
When we put out the call for this themed issue, we placed a single question at its center: Does contemporary AI represent a fundamental shift for business anthropology – or not? More specifically, we asked whether AI marks a genuine break from the digital turn already underway in the field, or whether it is better understood as a cumulative extension of it. This introduction traces what nine essays found: a field mid-conversation, not mid-consens…
Reclaiming Relevance
Anthropology faces a dual challenge in the age of artificial intelligence (AI): integrating computation while maintaining disciplinary rigor and distinctness, as well as reclaiming public relevance. To situate these challenges, we trace a relevance gap driven by retreat from public storytelling and the rise of AI‐enabled mimicry. We argue that business anthropology offers a key for disciplinary adaptation and a blueprint for public impact. Drawin…
Usos de conocimientos tradicionales de conservación de la agrobiodiversidad en adaptación al cambio climático en comunidades indígenas de Puno, Perú
En dos comunidades indígenas, Koriñahui y Carmen Alto, encima de 3910 m s. n. m., en el norte de la región de Puno en Perú, de 2015 a 2017, se realizó una investigación cualitativa con enfoque fenomenológico hermenéutico y con el uso de la entrevista a profundidad y otras técnicas con personas agricultoras mayores de 44 años. Desde la visión de las comunidades, se abordó nueve categorías de conocimientos tradicionales ligadas a adaptación al camb…
Designing Engagement in Local News
This study explores how an engaged journalism process supported by participatory design practices can impact attitudes and perceptions of audience engagement in local journalism. Using MuckRock’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) submission tool, journalists, journalism students, and community stakeholders engaged in participatory design workshops centered around pressing local issues and creative approaches to filing FOIA requests. This study re…
Podcasting the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Designing Engagement in Local News
This study explores how an engaged journalism process supported by participatory design practices can impact attitudes and perceptions of audience engagement in local journalism. Using MuckRock’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) submission tool, journalists, journalism students, and community stakeholders engaged in participatory design workshops centered around pressing local issues and creative approaches to filing FOIA requests. This study re…
Podcasting the Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Designing Engagement in Local News
This study explores how an engaged journalism process supported by participatory design practices can impact attitudes and perceptions of audience engagement in local journalism. Using MuckRock’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) submission tool, journalists, journalism students, and community stakeholders engaged in participatory design workshops centered around pressing local issues and creative approaches to filing FOIA requests. This study re…
Usos de conocimientos tradicionales de conservación de la agrobiodiversidad en adaptación al cambio climático en comunidades indígenas de Puno, Perú
En dos comunidades indígenas, Koriñahui y Carmen Alto, encima de 3910 m s. n. m., en el norte de la región de Puno en Perú, de 2015 a 2017, se realizó una investigación cualitativa con enfoque fenomenológico hermenéutico y con el uso de la entrevista a profundidad y otras técnicas con personas agricultoras mayores de 44 años. Desde la visión de las comunidades, se abordó nueve categorías de conocimientos tradicionales ligadas a adaptación al camb…
AI and Business Anthropology
When we put out the call for this themed issue, we placed a single question at its center: Does contemporary AI represent a fundamental shift for business anthropology – or not? More specifically, we asked whether AI marks a genuine break from the digital turn already underway in the field, or whether it is better understood as a cumulative extension of it. This introduction traces what nine essays found: a field mid-conversation, not mid-consens…
Reclaiming Relevance
Anthropology faces a dual challenge in the age of artificial intelligence (AI): integrating computation while maintaining disciplinary rigor and distinctness, as well as reclaiming public relevance. To situate these challenges, we trace a relevance gap driven by retreat from public storytelling and the rise of AI‐enabled mimicry. We argue that business anthropology offers a key for disciplinary adaptation and a blueprint for public impact. Drawin…
Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Agile software development (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Applied anthropology (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Blueprint (1 work)