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Information for upcoming events, speaker series talks, and reading group activities for the Urban Ethnography Group will be posted below on a regular basis. Please contact the convener or the Ethnography Lab coordinator for more information about particular events or meetings.

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Urban Ethnography from the Global South: Reading Group meeting

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The reading group meeting for the Urban Ethnography of the Global South group will involve discussion of the following book: “In Search of Paradise: Middle- Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis” by Li Zhang (2011)*. The meeting will take place: Wednesday, November 20, 20195-7pmRoom 330, Anthropology Bldg, 19 Russell Street, Toronto Open to students, faculty, … Continue reading →

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Urban Ethnography from the Global South: Reading Group meeting #2

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The second reading group meeting for the Urban Ethnography of the Global South group will involve discussion of the following book: Life and Words: Violence and the Descent into the Ordinary by Veena Das (2006) The meeting will take place: Wednesday, April 10th, 20195-7pmRoom 330, Anthropology Bldg, 19 Russell Street, Toronto Open to students, faculty, … Continue reading →

Launching the Urban Ethnography Reading Group and Speaker Series 2019
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Launching the Urban Ethnography Reading Group and Speaker Series 2019

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In an effort to decentralize our academic knowledge and discussion on urban spaces, the Urban Ethnography Group has launched its Urban Ethnography from the Global South reading group and speaker series, dedicated to the study and analysis of ethnographic research produced on the Global South and by academics from the Global South. The initiative has two … Continue reading →