Episode 2 - Dan Podjed - why the world needs anthropologists

Show notes

In this episode, we talk with Dan Podjed, the founder of the Applied Anthropology Network (AAN) of EASA. https://applied-anthropology.com/

Dan tells us about his recent projects on how he is bringing people together to co-create cultural change in and with communities and with that boosts fun in and quality of life for many.

He is a Slovenian anthropologist who is interested in how isolated people live and create their lives, in human-technology interactions, digitalization, sustainable lifestyles, volunteering and many more topics of our time.

He also co-founded the event “Why the world needs anthropologists” – the experience is transcribed in a book. Link to book: Podjed, D., Gorup, M., Borecký, P., & Guerrón-Montero, C. M. (Eds.). (2021). Why the World Needs Anthropologists. Abingdon & New York: Routledge.

He holds a PhD in Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology from the the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Contact and Publications via: https://danpodjed.eu/

Disclaimer: »This episode of the podcast is a result of the research project Isolated People and Communities in Slovenia and Croatia, financed by the Slovenian Research and Innovation Agency (J6–4610) and the Croatian Science Foundation (ISOLATION IPS-2022-02-3741).«