Affiliates
 
Zoy AnastassakisM.A. Social Anthropology Zoy is a Brazilian designer and anthropologist in Rio de Janeiro, and graduate of the Escola Superior de Desenho Industrial. She holds a master's degree in Social Anthropology through the Brazilian National Museum and has worked as an independent graphic and set designer in theater, music, fashion, web design and cinema. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Social Anthropology. Zoy has extensive research experience (both fieldwork and archival), and has published several articles in Anthropology and Design magazines. |
Christina BolasPh.D. Anthropology, University of Kansas Christina Bolas has advanced degrees in both sociocultural anthropology and natural resources ecology. As a Fellow member of the Society for Applied Anthropology, she has 10 years experience conducting research and writing about people, cultures, and the environment for companies and organizations. Christina is based in the Kansas City area, and has provided ethnographic insights about women shoppers, women's economic power, and Midwestern aesthetics for PacEth. |
Jackee ChangM.F.A. Film Direction, California Institute of the Arts B.A. English Literature, University of California, Davis Jackee is an independent filmmaker based namely in Los Angeles. She shoots and edits professionally on projects that have led her to Asia, Europe and Central America. Jackee is currently in post-production with her feature documentary on Agent Orange in Vietnam. |
Dani DacorsoDani is a professional photographer, videographer and editor. She and Zoy Anastassakis are an ethnographic team whose work has won praise from our clients and colleagues. Both have demonstrated their ability to gather intimate ethnographic and photographic portraits of Brazilian women. |
Jason EngM.A. French Literature and Film Diploma, New York Film Academy Jason Eng operates Ceylon Road PL, a videography company based in Singapore. His M.A. from Middlebury College, Paris, was a structural analysis of folk tales in French film. He spent ten years in New York City as an I.T. consultant and camera operator, then relocated to Singapore in 2004. He films and edits independent projects in China and all of Southeast Asia. He also works as videographer for RacingThePlanet's 4Desert series, and holds the Palme Pourpre from pealing Chinese walnuts. |
Steve HagelmanM.A. Sociology Steve is experienced as a design researcher, videographer, and ethnographer. One of the founding partners of Ethnographic Research, Inc. with Ken Erickson, Steve is now operating a video production house that specializes in ethnographic film. |
Martin HøyemCand. Polit. Social Anthropology, University of Oslo Besides being an ethnographer and our blog developer, Martin is also an artist, a designer, a programmer, and an expert on low-rider culture in Los Angeles. His work with the blog was featured at the second annual EPIC conference, sponsored by Intel and Microsoft, and in other international conferences. Martin is the creator and owner of American Ethnography. |
Douglas KivettM.A. Sociology, University of Kansas Kivett has worked as a consumer ethnographer for Ethnographic Research, the company Ken Erickson created in Kansas City, for about two years after completing his Master's degree in Sociology at KU. Kivett is a specialist in dramaturgical approaches to social analysis, and has been trained in ethnography and ethnographic film. He has demonstrated an outstanding ability as a fieldworker and as an empathetic interviewer. |
Bruno MoyniéM.A.U. Anthropology, Paris M.A. Ethnographic Film, University of Montréal Bruno is based in Toronto and Paris. He specializes in the production of ethnographic films through his company Monde Moderne with which we have a strategic partnership. He has the filmmaker's as well as the ethnographer's eye. He is our ethnographer, videographer and editor. |
Lucy NielandM.A. Ethnographic Film, U. Manchester Lucy has worked with Steve Hagelman and Ken Erickson on ethnographic documentaries, research film, and on productions for Channel 4 (London). She is one of the few professional graduates of the Manchester University program in ethnographic film. |
Sergio PobleteLic. Social Anthropology, Universidad de Chile Postdegree Biology of Cognition, Universidad de Chile Sergio is based in Santiago, Chile. Experienced in in-depth research into consumer behavior and markets, branding, innovations for products, services and experiences. Sergio is specialized in field ethnography, conventional market research, trend research, cognitive science, and marketing. |
David Rojas E.M.A. International Education, Framingham College Diploma in Anti-Corruption Strategies, Tech de Monterrey, Mexico He is a fluent speaker of Spanish, English and a resident of Issum, Dusseldorf, Germany, and Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Boliva. David has worked on banking, micro-finance, telecommunications, and consumer products for CIMA group, a South American market research company. David travels occasionally to Los Angeles. |
Ben RossB.A. Anthropology, University of Kansas Ben is a fieldworker, based in Fujian province in the South of China. He is an experienced fieldwork in China's rural and urban settings. He has recently become one of the best-known China bloggers among the expatriate community in the Middle Kingdom through his personal blog, www.benross.net. Ben has conducted research in rural Fujian and Sichuan and in urban Beijing, Fuzhou, Guangzhou, and Shanghai. Ben is a very good speaker, reader, and writer of Mandarin; he has taught English in Chinese universities in Fujian province. |
Ming Chang XieM.A. English, University of Mining and Technology, Beijing Ming is an experienced fieldworker, who has studied the Chinese middle class, Chinese student computer use, Chinese migrant workers and rural middle-school students. He is working on his second Master's degree at Monterey Institute of International Studies and when he can he serves as our interpreter, translator, and fieldworker. |