AnthroDocs, LLC
AnthroDocs LLC is a research firm that uses anthropological methods to meet the qualitative data-gathering needs of organizations, governmental agencies, museums, artists, and other entities and individuals. Clients turn to AnthroDocs to improve their understanding of sociocultural conditions, gain answers to complex questions, or solve problems involving culture and the delivery of services. We also design organizational assessments and conduct racial equity workshops.
Our projects are directed by Dr. Sabiyha Prince, a cultural anthropologist and community advocate with two decades of research, teaching, and organizing experience. Prince has received IRB training and certification to ensure the tools of anthropological inquiry are deployed ethically and in adherence with American Anthropological Association guidelines.
AnthroDocs recently added film production to its line of services - premiering the documentary Diminished Returns: The Black Wealth Gap in Washington, DC in May 2024
We value social justice and solely partner with clients who share the firm’s principles rooted in protecting the dignity and self-determination of people across the real and perceived barriers of race, gender, class, sexuality, physical ability, age, immigrant status, nationality, and religion.
AnthroDocs data-gathering strategies include:
Open-ended Interviews
Participant-observation
Oral history Collection
Surveys and Questionnaires
Analysis of Preexisting Data
Project Evaluations
The National Community
Reinvestment Coalition
Lead study of Covid pandemic impacts on Black businesses in Baltimore, MD, and Washington, DC. Published the resulting report — The COVID Pandemic And Its Impacts On Culturally-Significant Businesses and the documentation of research setting through a new Mapbox stories.
Preterm
Communications toolkit in production aimed at improving the delivery of services to their core constituencies - African American communities in Cleveland, Ohio.
Prologue DC
Research on coop workers for exhibit at Anacostia Community Museum, Washington, DC.
La Manplesa
Co-producer for the documentary directed by Ellie Walton. Her film examines the resistance of the Latinx immigrant community to police brutality in Washington, DC that ultimately led to the uprisings of 1991 in the neighborhood of Mt. Pleasant.
Preserving LeDroit Park
Grant proposal writing for the Humanitini presentation “Preserving LeDroit Park: A Historic DC community and the DC Humanities Council community heritage Project (Jazz focus).