Emilie Hitch
Biographic Data
| ID | 800063 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Emilie Hitch |
| GIVEN NAMES | Emilie |
| FAMILY NAME | Hitch |
| SIGNATURE | HITCH E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Applied anthropologist (Yale, LSE) whose work is rooted in the Common Good. From American, Cambodian and Zambian farmers |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1970 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Seeing and Being Agents of Hope
How is hope a driver of change? This paper explores hope in two cases: rural Cambodia, through the adoption of drip irrigation by subsistence farmers, and an urban center in Minnesota, through the planning of infrastructure improvements for a freeway corridor. It also explores the argument that, with the rise of neoliberalism and global capitalism, the capacity of societies to distribute hope is shrinking (Hage 2003) and thus, in both cases, as p…
Marketing the Anthropology of Ice Hockey
In multiple cities and countries, ethnographic research unfolded in local ice rinks, Subway sandwich shops, high-school parking lots, and family homes. The objective was for a major hockey equipment company to learn more about their customers "off the ice" - challenging assumptions about consumption patterns, media choices and concepts such as authority, legacy, brotherhood and even the game of hockey itself. The researcher became an agent of tra…
Design Anthropology
Design Anthropology: An Introduction to the Themed Issue
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Design Anthropology
Design Anthropology: An Introduction to the Themed Issue
Marketing the Anthropology of Ice Hockey
In multiple cities and countries, ethnographic research unfolded in local ice rinks, Subway sandwich shops, high-school parking lots, and family homes. The objective was for a major hockey equipment company to learn more about their customers "off the ice" - challenging assumptions about consumption patterns, media choices and concepts such as authority, legacy, brotherhood and even the game of hockey itself. The researcher became an agent of tra…
Seeing and Being Agents of Hope
How is hope a driver of change? This paper explores hope in two cases: rural Cambodia, through the adoption of drip irrigation by subsistence farmers, and an urban center in Minnesota, through the planning of infrastructure improvements for a freeway corridor. It also explores the argument that, with the rise of neoliberalism and global capitalism, the capacity of societies to distribute hope is shrinking (Hage 2003) and thus, in both cases, as p…
Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Advertising (1 work) · Agriculture (1 work) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 work) · Anthropology (1 work) · Argument (complex analysis (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Consumption (sociology (1 work) · Crafts, Textile, and Design (1 work)