The Silicon Valley Cultures Project is the guiding theoretical framework which joins several ethnographic research projects studying diverse aspects of life in Silicon Valley. Drs. Darrah, English-Lueck, and Freeman have observed 14 Silicon Valley families for 2500 hours to understand the interactions of work, family and technology.  In addition, the Principal Investigators have done  over  one  thousand   hours of in-depth interviews with a broad cross section of Silicon Valley denizens during the Work, Identity, and Community in Silicon Valley project.  Hundreds of San José State student researchers have been employed in earlier projects. In the belief that Applied Anthropology is a field that is best learned by doing, students have been sent out into the community to gather thousands of shorter interviews, observations, and critical incidents from the individuals who call Silicon Valley home. This web site is intended to make some of the findings accessible to the participating individuals, companies and institutions, as well as to the public at large.