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The Digital Anthropologist

Giles Crouch, PhD-c

What it means to be human in the digital age. Why and how technology shapes us and how we then shape technology. This helps us prepare for the future.

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The Phone Formerly Known As a Phone.

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You’d best be careful when answering the telephone back in the late 19th century, because you might catch a virus, or, even worse the “electrical juice” might spill out onto your floor if a wire broke an...

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Are AI Devices Destined to Fail?

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Unsurprisingly, with the sudden bursting of Generative AI (GAI) like ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, Claude…came devices. First was the Humane Pin, and the rabbit r1, which has been followed by a slew...

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An Ode To The Area Code

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You might be wondering, if you’ve been reading my posts over the past few years, why on earth would a digital (cultural) anthropologist, have an interest in area codes for telephones? Firstly, well, my firs...

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The First Author Was An Accountant?

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Kushim sat in the room, the early morning sun pouring through the window. It would be hot soon, but that didn’t really mind him today. He was rather chuffed with himself. He’d had an idea last night, slept...

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If It Has a Chip, You Don’t Own It

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Hassan was so very proud of his collection of games, all those DVDs, organized by game genre and versions. Some days he liked to replay those older games. But he couldn’t anymore. It’s not that they didn’t wo...

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    Digital anthropologist | I'm in WIRED, Forbes & National Geographic and regularly interviewed in international news media on the intersection of culture and technology | Cultural Strategist for Brands

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