This Anthro Life

Do you have a sense of how much time you spend each day on social media and smartphone? Whether you can live with them or you can't live with them, we know for most of us, these are ingrained parts of our everyday lives. In this episode, we will uncover the life in the age of social media and smartphones, featuring Dr. Daniel Miller and Georgiana Murariu from the University College of London. Stay tuned as you learn about the ‘Why We Post’ project, ‘Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing, and the ‘AnthroCOVID’ project. We dig into:How do people use social media differently around the world?What are some strategies for making research accessible?What is the impact of smartphones on health?What are some creative ways that people have documented lives during the pandemic?How do you get so many anthropologists to work together globally?What is some advice for researchers who want to do collaborative and comparative work?Daniel Miller is a Professor of Anthropology at University College London and directed t