More than money? How Anthropology can offer richer analysis for economists
Thursday 7 October 2021, 2-3.30pm BST
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Speakers: Gillian Tett and Deborah Rowland
Chair: Professor Robert Wade
Hosted by Department of International Development and Department of Anthropology
Anthropology has often been seen as an academic version of Indiana Jones - namely a discipline devoted to exotic travel that does not have much relevance for the modern world.
However, Gillian Tett argues that this image is completely wrong today, and anthropology can make a vital contribution to public policy, corporate and financial life, as well as our communities as we try to 'build back better' after COVID-19. Indeed, she argues that a world drowning in artificial intelligence and other digital innovations desperately needs a second type of 'AI' - Anthropology Intelligence - to enable us to flourish.
But what does this mean for the economics profession? Could economists benefit by embracing this new type of AI? Gillian Tett will debate this with Deborah Rowland.
Gillian Tett is chair of the editorial board and editor-at-large, US of the Financial Times. She writes weekly columns, covering a range of economic, financial, political and social issues.
Deborah Rowland is a leading global thinker, speaker, writer, and coach in the field of leading big complex change.
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