For Part 8 in my Interview Series, I interviewed Scarleth Herrera, a digital anthropologist and founder of Orez Anthropological Research. In it, we discuss her experiences as starting her own digital anthropology research company, transitioning into artificial intelligence-related work, and experiences conducting anthropological research outside of academia.
Scarleth lives in South Florida. Her Orez Anthropological Research is a non-profit dedicated to the exploration and advancing the research of digital anthropology. She is also a Research Scholar at the Ronin Institute in New Jersey. Her current research focus is on the implications artificial intelligence may have on society in general but particularly low-income communities, but she is also passionate about issues facing immigrant communities in the United States.
Resources about Scarleth and Her Work:
| Email: scarleth@orezanthroresearch.org |
| Twitter: @orezantresearch |
| Website: www.orezanthroresearch.org |
| Ronin Institute: ronininstitute.org |
Resources about Digital Anthropology and Other Resources Referenced in Our Conversation:
| London School of Economics Ethnography Collective Reading List: https://zoeglatt.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/LSE-Digital-Ethnography-Collective-Reading-List-Oct-2021.pdf |
| Digital Ethnography Initiative: https://digitalethnography.at/blog/ |
| The Digital Ethnographers Directory: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x8UOb1AxZS5FYRkXn2QLPrje-6vA4U4WC6SsmJXNHys/edit#gid=0 |
| “The Short Anthropological Guide to the Study of Ethical AI” by Alexandrine Royer: https://arxiv.org/abs/2010.03362 |
| “The Great Hack” (Netflix Documentary Mentioned) |
Recommended Books in Digital Anthropology:
| “Digital anthropology” by Daniel Miller et al. (recommend both the first and second editions) |
| “Doing Anthropological Research” by Natalie Konopinski |
| “Studying Those Who Study Us” by Diana E. Forsythe |
| “Digital Ethnography” by Sarah Pink |
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