Please join us at the Ethnography Lab on Friday, December 5th, 5-6 pm, for a presentation of a work in progress by Eugene Slonimerov. 19 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto, Ontario. Room 330 or online. The ongoing research project takes the site of the former Russian military installation in Tbilisi, Georgia as a non-human subject, a … Continue reading
Author Archives: Emily Hertzman
Where is Arsenali Hill? Wrong Side of the Tracks in a Garden City
Please join us at the Ethnography Lab on Friday, December 5th, 5-6 pm, for a presentation of a work in progress by Eugene Slonimerov. 19 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto, Ontario. Room 330 or online. The ongoing research project takes the site of the former Russian military installation in Tbilisi, Georgia as a non-human subject, a … Continue reading
Ethnography in the Private Sector Speaker Series
In Our Grandparents’ Kitchens: A Film Screening and Discussion of Multimodal Ethnographic Methods
Djuna Nagasaki Friday, Nov 13th, 5:00 – 6:00 pm. Ethnography Lab Boardroom, room 330. Our Grandparents’ Kitchens is an ethnographic film that seeks to address the question; What does it mean to be Japanese Canadian? By highlighting the voices of young Japanese Canadians as they work to reconnect with culture and a sense of community, … Continue reading
Ethnographic and Experience Thinking in UX Industry
By Jessika Tremblay and Lotte van Gelderen from Akendi Nov 13th, 2025, 5:00pm – 6:00pmEthnography Lab Boardroom, rm 330 Where do Ethnographic Thinking (Hasbrouck 2017) and Experience Thinking (Van Gelderen 2018) overlap, and how do they diverge from Design Thinking? This session explores the intersections of these frameworks through the lens of UX research, highlighting … Continue reading
Book Launch this Friday!
Highlanders’ Land Ownership: From Archives to Fieldwork
by Dang Anh-Minh Nguyen Join us Friday, Sept 26th, 2025, 5:00 – 6:00pm in the Ethnography Lab Boardroom Land ownership remains a significant lacuna in the historical scholarship on ethnic minorities in Vietnam. As a historian, I began investigating this subject through archival research; however, the available records were primarily produced by French administrators, explorers, … Continue reading
The Ethnography Lab is excited to announce the upcoming Student Research Showcase
Ethnographic Practicum Student Research Showcase: DIVERSIFYING MUSEUM STORIES: VISITOR EXPERIENCES Friday, September 5, 2025, 1-3PM, Room 301 Experiential Learning Commons, (255 Beverley St). Light Refreshments will be served. The City of Toronto History Museums have implemented a new strategic plan to diversify the stories they present beyond conventional mainstream narratives. How do visitors experience the … Continue reading
Join us on Thursday, Sept. 18th, 5:00-6:30 for UNHOLY MUSS: An Autoethnographic Performance Lecture of Unfaithing
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Dimensions of Decolonization: Final Report on an Ethnographic Study of Visitors to Spadina Museum
June 27, 2025 Hanna Belinska, Amani Hassan, Ada Inselbaggil, Ananya Rathore, Jack Simoes, Sehajleen Kaur Wander Introduction Museums as colonial institutions have increasingly become sites of critical reflection and transformation. Across North America and Europe, places which birthed museums from and for their colonial projects, these institutions are undertaking significant efforts to decolonize and diversify … Continue reading