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 …
Tania Li has contributed to an edited book called Philosophy on Fieldwork: Case Studies in Anthropological Analysis, edited by Nils Burbandt and Thomas Schwarz Wentzer. Each chapter focuses on one philosopher and the kinds of fieldwork their ideas inspire. Tania Li’s chapter is titled “Foucault Foments Fieldwork in the University.” It draws on research conducted by …
We’ve uploaded our event recordings for the 2021-2022 academic year. Check out the videos below or head over to our YouTube page and subscribe! Meet the Labs: Speculative and Collaborative Ethnographic Practice from Vancouver to Los Angeles (November 26, 2021) The Ethnography Lab at the University of Toronto facilitates an encounter between Kate Hennessy of …
This is the first post of a series on ethnographic teaching materials for undergraduate students both within and beyond anthropology. The resources shared in this series are the culmination of the efforts of faculty members and teaching assistants at the University of Toronto. We have tried, tested, and developed everything posted in this series over the course of months (if not years in some cases). By sharing these resources, we invite professors, teaching assistants, and students to engage with ethnography in their different class settings.
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
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
The University of Toronto Ethnography Lab is looking to hire a part-time casual co-coordinator to manage communications and administrative affairs starting January 1, 2023. The call is open to ethnographers across all three UofT campuses, with preference given to Anthropology graduate students. The position requires your presence at the Lab on campus, as far as … Continue reading
Please join the Ethnography Lab for the roundtable discussion: Sounds of/like A Mixed Use Neighborhood, Community and Conflict in Post-Lockdown Kensington. Date: November 16, 2022 Time: 5-6 PM Location: AP 246, Department of Anthropology At this roundtable, members of the Kensington Market Soundscape Study will present preliminary research and methodological reflections from their summer work … Continue reading
The Kensington Market Soundscapes Study (KMSS) is a community-engaged team research project investigating the presence of amplified music and other human-produced sounds in the KM neighborhood’s public realm. I am an ethnomusicologist in the University of Toronto Faculty of Music; as project PI, I direct the study and a team of seven graduate and undergraduate … Continue reading
Please join us for the upcoming talk: The Paragenealogical Method in the Anthropology of Rationalities with Professor Rodrigo Ochigame Lunch will be provided! Date: Friday, October 21 Time: 12 pm Location: Ethnography Lab Seminar Room, AP330, Anthropology Building Event Description: Since the Cold War, the concept of rationality has become increasingly associated with certain formal … Continue reading
The Ethnography Lab would like to announce the opening of several volunteer convener positions to provide unique opportunities for ethnography-focused collaborations, mentorship, research, projects, and presentations based on thematic interests. The call is open to undergraduate and graduate students across all three campuses and disciplines. The Ethnography Lab invites applications for up to four (4) … Continue reading
The @EthnographyLab team is happy to welcome our new co-coordinator for the 2022-2023 academic year, Laura Carvalho! Laura is PhD student in sociocultural anthropology at the University of Toronto with an enthusiasm for rivers, anarchism and imaginary politics. Laura holds an MPhil from the Department of Anthropology at the National Museum, Federal University of Rio … Continue reading
Ethnographic Potential and Practice: A Conversation (lunch provided!) Date: Oct. 7, 2022 Time: 12-1:30 pm Location: AP246 Please join the Ethnography Lab as we kick off a new year of programming and activities. This year marks the first time since the pandemic began that the Lab will host meetings in person. We’re excited and a … Continue reading
The University of Toronto Ethnography Lab is extremely pleased to announce a singular opportunity for graduate students to participate in an innovative research initiative together with ethnography labs in Montreal (Concordia U.), Los Angeles (USC), Philadelphia (UPenn), and Kelowna in BC (UBC). Funded by a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant, the initiative seeks to explore the … Continue reading
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