Workshops & Lectures
Mega-Cities, Design Anthropology, and Urban Landscapes
Teaching graduate seminar at University of Tokyo's Information, Technology and Society in Asia program, 2011
Let's Make Japan a Global Leader in Urban Biodiversity
Invited speaker at TEDxSeeds conference, Yokohama, Japan, November, 2010
Gardening the City: Networking Small Green Spaces
Invited speaker at European Union conference Jardins san Limites, Metz, France, October, 2010
Tokyo DIY Gardening Workshop: Collaborative Mapping
Co-led workshop to collaboratively map Tokyo Green Space at 3331 Arts Chiyoda, August, 2010
Sustainable Urbanism and Innovation Opportunities
Lecture about Tokyo Green Space sponsored by Harvard Club of Japan, Tokyo, April, 2010
Urban Satoyama: Why Plants and Wildlife Matter
Lecture about Tokyo Green Space at the British Council in Tokyo, April, 2010
Urban Ecology and Biodiversity: New Visions from Tokyo
Speaking about Tokyo Green Space at Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Hitachi, Tokyo, December, 2009
Bringing Nature to the City
Speaking about Tokyo Green Space at Pecha Kucha, Tokyo, December, 2009
Vietnam Post and Telecommunications
Workshop on Anthropology and innovation, 2008
Extreme Media, Anthropology and Forecasting
Guest speaker with Wendy Owen at New School's Extreme Media class, October 2007
Listen to podcasts and download design artefacts
- Stock Exchange of Visions
- Vote on my views about the future in Stock Exchange of Visions. Created by German artist Gregor Kuschmirz, sponsored by Fabrica and installed at the Pompidou in Paris.
See Also:
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- Youth Culture, Mobile Technology and Future Trends Workshop
- Workshop at Philips Design, The Netherlands, October 2006
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- Ethnography and Innovation Podcast Interview
- Podcast interview by Gerry Gaffney about ethnography, experience design and innovation, Australia, October 2006
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- Mobile China and Future Trends
- Presentations at eBay and FX Palo Alto Laboratory, Silicon Valley, June 2006
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- A Culture of Change in China
- ESOMAR's China Forum, Shanghai, June 2006
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- Mobile China and Future Trends
- Presentations at Giant Ant and Adobe, San Francisco & Silicon Valley, May 2006
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- Observation and Field Studies Workshop
- User Friendly 2005 conference, Shanghai, December 2005
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- Cultural Factors for Business Success in China
- User Friendly 2005 conference, Shanghai, December 2005
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- Innovation by Understanding Culture
- UC Berkeley Haas Business School, August 2005
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- Field Research in China
- Microsoft Research Asia, Beijing, April 2005
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- Organizational Innovation: Connecting Product Development with Product Usage
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Usability Professionals’ Association, Hong Kong, April 2005
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- Technology Design for Kids
- Invited guest lecture at Professor Brian Smith’s Human Computer Interaction course, Penn State University, 2004
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- Ethnography for Product Design
- Workshop taught at Yahoo’s User Experience Design Group. 2003
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- Working as an Anthropologist in Technology Design
- Invited talk at Applied Anthropology Masters seminar, California State University at Hayward. 2003
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- Research Strategy
- Workshop taught at Wells Fargo Wholesale Bank with John Zapolski
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- Beyond Research and Beyond Usability: Measuring Experience Design
- Co-teacher of 1 day tutorial. Australian Computer Human Interaction Conference (OzCHI), Perth, Australia, 2001
