About this episode

The episode features sociocultural anthropologist Carrera Kurnik discussing internet anthropology and various related topics.

Carrera Kurnik is a sociocultural anthropologist, futurist and the creator behind @internet.anthropology. Internet Anthropology is an anthropological study that treats the internet as a field site. We dive into trend forecasting, tech's obsession with cool, edgelord art, catching print, gifting origins and more. Follow Carrera's substack here . Subscribe to our Patreon here Subscribe to our Youtube here

People in this episode

Hosts: Dan Rosen, Brian Park

Guest: Carrera Kurnik

Topics covered

• sociocultural anthropology
• internet culture
• trend forecasting
• technology
• art

Keywords

• Hegelian
• E-boys
• internet anthropology
• trend forecasting
• tech culture
• edgelord art
• gifting origins

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: internet.anthropology

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