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Photography As Ethnographic Method, with Professor Craig Campbell (UT Austin)
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Photography As Ethnographic Method, with Professor Craig Campbell (UT Austin)

Photography CritiqueWith Craig Campbell, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin Come learn about how Dr. Campbell uses photography in his fieldwork. Feel free to bring your own photo from fieldwork to share and discuss. Friday, February 2, 4:30 – 6:00PMLocation: Ethnography Lab, AP33019 Russell St, Toronto, ON Registration: https://shorturl.at/gtwzN Continue reading

[Book Launch] CoronAsur: Asian Religions in the Covidian AgeBook Launch
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[Book Launch] CoronAsur: Asian Religions in the Covidian AgeBook Launch

CoronAsur: Asian Religions in the Covidian Age, edited by Emily Zoe Hertzman, Erica M. Larson, Natalie Lang, and Carola E. Lorea. Register here: https://uoft.me/CoronAsur. January 26, 2024, 930-1130amOnline, via Zoom ABOUT THE BOOK By the summer of 2020, when the coronavirus had fully entered our everyday vocabulary and our lives, religious communities and places of … Continue reading

ON THE OCCASION OF THE AAA/CASCA
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ON THE OCCASION OF THE AAA/CASCA

The Ethnography Lab is thrilled to present a series of AAA/CASCA-adjacent events in November: THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2023 Selective Listening and Wishful Hearing: Shaping Soundscapes in Toronto’s Kensington MarketFarzaneh Hemmasi (farzaneh.hemmasi@utoronto.ca)Metro Toronto Convention Center, Room 703No registration required. As part of the Transmissions/Transitions Sound Installation at AAA: The Kensington Market Soundscape Study is a community-engaged … Continue reading

ON THE OCCASION OF THE AAA/CASCA
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ON THE OCCASION OF THE AAA/CASCA

The Ethnography Lab is organizing AAA-adjacent events in November. They include a community-engaged ethnographic project about the soundscapes of Toronto’s Kensington Market, a discussion about local economic resilience with community activists, an exploration of playful ethnography, a scholar-based DJ event, and a book launch on Asian religions in the Covidian age. Continue reading

SAVE THE DATE: Play! Infrastructures of Collaborative Ethnography (November 17, 2023)
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SAVE THE DATE: Play! Infrastructures of Collaborative Ethnography (November 17, 2023)

What is playful ethnography?Join us for some interactive fun with games, schemes, and diversions about ethnographic fidelity, guilt, composition, and fieldwork friendship. These experiments derive from a collaborative ethnographic project on play conducted by ethnography lab members Noha Fikry Ismail, Kassandra Spooner-Lockyer, Jean Chia, and Nick Smith. The event will begin with brief introductory remarks … Continue reading

June 1, 2023: The Meaning of Coloniality in the Academic Ivory Tower
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June 1, 2023: The Meaning of Coloniality in the Academic Ivory Tower

On Thursday June 1, 2023, 10am-12pm, the University of Toronto Ethnography Lab will co-host a hybrid format workshop with the York University Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) on coloniality and decoloniality. The in-person portion will be in Room W256 of the Seymour Schulich Building at York University. Light refreshments will … Continue reading

Upcoming Talk by Kristen Graves on Monday, February 13, 2023
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Upcoming Talk by Kristen Graves on Monday, February 13, 2023

Garbage dump as a fieldwork site? Yes! Come learn about Kristen Graves’ work at the Oaxaca City Garbage Dump. Date: Monday February 13, 2023Time: 12:00 – 1:00pmLocation: AP330, Anthropology Building, 19 Ursula Franklin Street ** Lunch will be served. Please RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/kgelab. Kristen Graves’ research focuses on the virtuosic listening skills enacted by a community … Continue reading

Introducing Bernice Hoi Ching Cheung, the Lab’s new Co-Coordinator!
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Introducing Bernice Hoi Ching Cheung, the Lab’s new Co-Coordinator!

The @EthnographyLab team is happy to welcome our new Co-Coordinator for the 2022-2023 academic year, Bernice Hoi Ching Cheung! Bernice is a doctoral student in ethnomusicology and her research interests include Cantonese popular music, fandoms, and diasporas. She holds a Bachelor of Music in Integrated Studies and a Bachelor of Commerce in Accounting from the … Continue reading

Upcoming Methods Café on Feb. 3rd: The Scholar-Activist, Featuring Dr. Anima Adjepong
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Upcoming Methods Café on Feb. 3rd: The Scholar-Activist, Featuring Dr. Anima Adjepong

Please join the Ethnography Lab and the Department of Anthropology’s Professionalization Committee for the first installment of the Lab’s Winter term Methods Café series: The Scholar-Activist: A conversation on how an academic navigates different roles: fieldworker, activist, collaborator, and social organizer, featuring Dr. Anima Adjepong. Date: February 3Time: 1-2:30 pmLocation: Zoom event, RSVP here. Our … Continue reading