Mapping Anthropology & Design Resources at The New School for Social Research & Parsons

Demonstrating rationale through research and design implementation, I successfully advocated for the approval of the Anthropology and Design graduate minor concentration at the New School for Social Research and Parsons.

Anthropology & Design Exhibition (ADX) Overview

The Anthropology & Design Exhibition (ADX) was a nine month research + implementation project to survey resources, build networks, and inform programming around Anthropology & Design at The New School.

I organized and led a group of Anthropology graduate students to produce an interdisciplinary exhibition taking place in virtual reality. The exhibition garnered student projects from across the world, and demonstrated a popular demand for anthropology & design coursework within The New School. Using statistics and distilled qualitative data gathered throughout the process of planning and launching the ADX, we successfully advocated for the Anthropology and Design graduate minor to be formalized.

I considered this work my “unofficial second capstone” project, because I came into The New School wanting to take advantage of its respectively strong programs in both anthropology at NSSR and design studies at Parsons. Approving Anthropology and Design as an official minor concentration allowed me to graduate with the distinction that I pursued from the beginning of my education, formalizing the common thread between the graduate coursework I undertook in both schools.

Network Mapping Anthropology & Design at The New School: slideshow of research methodology and implementation

Notes on methodologies used: (TBC)

• surveys taken, stats run on answers

• keyword analysis to identify emergent themes

• mapping to illustrate connections