While academic books and articles are fundamental to your learning at MMA, we also read a handful of insightful blogs that keep track of what is happening in the world and why, especially regarding consumer culture. The blogs underneath provide great intellectual entertainment, and exemplify how anthropologists think about the market, culture and communication.
Cultureby (Grant McCracken) http://cultureby.com/
Anthropreneur (German Dziebel) http://www.anthropreneur.com/
Future Perfect (Jan Chipchase) http://janchipchase.com/themes/research-methods/
Anthro Goggles (Mary Walker) http://www.openrangeanthropologist.com/
Material World http://blogs.nyu.edu/projects/materialworld/
Design Observer (Rob Walker) http://observersroom.designobserver.com/robwalker/index.html