In PEOPLE project’s first UK Learning Cycle, six taught postgraduate students will address research questions relating to the design and operation of telecare products and services, mentored jointly by Durham Energy Institute (Durham University) and industry partner Kemuri. The Kemuri sockets look like standard UK double power sockets. The...
PEOPLE Newsletter No. 2 is hot off the press! Want to know more about PEOPLE project’s exciting case studies in energy and sustainable living? Interested in how students of anthropology, sociology, psychology, and related disciplines, work side by side with mentors from industry and higher education? Wondering what Techno-Anthropology is all abo...
How can we use ethnography and other qualitative research methods to study IT solutions for energy management in buildings? How to combine thick data with big data stored and analysed by an energy information system? How to plan and carry out a people-centred development and design process? These questions will be some of those tackled […]...
Can anthropologists give relevant advice to business managers? Are anthropological methods and insights valuable in industry and business, in product and service design? Absolutely! We delivered a training for Slovenian managers, professionals, and government employees. As Anna Kirah, design anthropologist and a member of the PEOPLE project’s A...