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
Category Archives: Ethnography of the University
Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in ANT473 and ANT 6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, together with other members of the Ethnography Lab have been investigating various aspects of life at the University of Toronto. The purpose of the course is for students to learn how to conduct an independent ethnographic inquiry, analyse data, and write it up as an original contribution to knowledge. Data comes from observations, archives, interviews, photos and other methods, as students spend time in field sites in a range of venues across campus. They use weekly meetings for brainstorming, sharing insights, coming up with provisional analysis, and allocating tasks for individuals or sub-groups to work on in the week ahead.
Collaborative Ethnography (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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
Politics of Need Interpretation at the UTSU food bank (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Nil Alt 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. Volunteering at the food bank can be heavy on the soul, especially when … Continue reading
The Food Insecure Student (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Nil Alt 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. During my ethnographic project at the University of Toronto Students’ Union (UTSU) food … Continue reading
At the gates of ethnographic knowledge (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Nil Alt 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. My first and eventually successful attempt to enter my field, the UTSU food … Continue reading
Populism on Campus? Examining Self-Victimization in the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Movements (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Tarini Date and Annika Olsen 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 our fieldwork among the pro-choice (Tarini) and pro-life (Annika) … Continue reading
Discovering a new world perspective (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Annika Olsen 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. Discovering a new world perspective “I have a dream…” Those were the words … Continue reading
“Untitled” (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Amanda Harvey-Sanchez, Amanda Sumanasekera, and 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. Abstract Amanda S, Amanda H-S, and Yiran have … Continue reading
“Untitled” (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Amanda 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. Introduction My name is Amanda Sumanasekera and I conducted fieldwork over a three … Continue reading
Ethnography as Obsession: On Immersion and Separation in Fieldwork and Writing (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By: Amanda Harvey-Sánchez and Annika Olsen 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. While Annika and Amanda both thoroughly enjoyed the process of … Continue reading