By Amanda Harvey-Sanchez This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. One of the questions which I have had to navigate in my research … Continue reading
Category Archives: Focus on Politics 2018
Is our university a hot bed of political activism, or is it a place of conformity, where structures of power are unchallenged? What are the conditions under which a critical sensibility – a gut feeling that something is not right with the world – morphs into collective action to bring about change? To find out, ten grad and undergrad students carried out original ethnographic research in sites including food coops, the student union, colleges, sororities, clubs, campaign meetings, street protests and counter-protests, websites and archives.
Use the drop-down menu to explore blog posts and ethnographic researchers conducted by the students of ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018.
Being Native to the Field: A Double-Edged Sword
By Amanda Harvey-Sanchez, Ailin Z. W. Li, Yiran Li, and Amanda Dias N. Sumanasekera This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. In conducting … Continue reading
Blog Post 3: For the Rights of Chinese Students
By Yiran Li This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. Focusing on the involvement issues of Chinese students, an inevitable topic for me … Continue reading
Blog Post 2: What is successful and what is a good club event
By Yiran Li This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. You are a Chinese student and this is your first year in Canada. … Continue reading
Blog Post 1: The Missing Friendship
By Yiran Li This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. Introduction: According to the data collected in 2016, Chinese international students take up … Continue reading
Ethnography of the University Collaborative Writing Theme 3: Who is the imagined university student
By Tarini Date, Ailin Z.W. Li, Nil Alt Kecik, and Cassandra Gemmell This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. Within the university campus, … Continue reading
Ending at the Beginning
By Tarini Date This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. When I first learned that the theme of this year’s class was politics, … Continue reading
Neutrality on the Field
By Tarini Date This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. On a personal level, I firm believer in and advocate for women’s autonomy, … Continue reading
Shifting Fields, Collecting Data and Trusting One’s Instinct
By Tarini Date This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. In this blog post, I would like to discuss the challenges that collecting … Continue reading
Collaborative Ethnography
By Nil Alt, Maya El Helou, Cassandra Gemmell, Maggie Morris This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. Common slogans like “Just do it” … Continue reading
