The Ethnography Lab hosts a regular speaker series, workshop series, and methods café during the academic year (September-April). These events take place in the University of Toronto anthropology building, room AP330 at 19 Russell Street, Toronto.
In addition, our various interest groups (see the “Groups” drop-down menu in the main menu) frequently plan and organize a variety of events, workshops, and talks about the many facets of ethnographic research and engagement. Please contact the group’s convener or the Ethnography Lab coordinator if you would like more information about an event.
All are welcome, and we hope to see you there!
January 17 Speaker Series: Magdalena Kazubowski-Houston (York U)
“An Elephant in the Room. Tracking an Awkward Anthropology” 4:30-6PM
January 31 Workshop Series: Andrew Gilbert (U Toronto) on Beyond the Text. 1-3PM
February 7 Workshop Series: Maya El Helou on Collage (U Toronto) 1-3PM
February 12 Methods Café: Farzaneh Hemmasi/Nil Basdurak (U Toronto)
“The Ethnographic Ear: Working With/In Sound” 12 Noon, AP 330
February 27 Speaker Series: Jim Drobnick (OCAD) 4:00-5:30PM, AP 330
“Scent City: Urban Olfactory Activism”
Wednesday, March 11 at 12noon in AP 330, Methods Café Series with Janice Boddy, “Getting to Know the Community: gathering quantitative and qualitative
data through census interviews”
Ethnography Lab Workshop Series
Friday, March 20, 3PM in AP 330
“Using Software in Ethnographic Research”, featuring Janelle Taylor,
Alejandro Paz, and Zachary Batist. 3PM, AP 330
This workshop will introduce software that is useful for collaborative
and individual ethnographic research projects, as well as for
qualitative research on social media and other web-based sources.
March 27 Speaker Series: ****CANCELLED
“EthnoGRAPHIC Storytelling” featuring Sherine Hamdy (UC Irvine) in conversation with Anne Brackenbury. 4pm, location TBA
April 10 Speaker Series: Hilary Cunningham (U Toronto)
“Writing across the species-barrier: Working our way into thriving “edge effects”; 2-4pm Combination Room, Trinity College
April 24 Workshop Series: Hallie Wells (Fresh Squeezed Ideas)
“The Resonance of Seen Things: A Writing Workshop for Anthropologists (with a nod to Susan Lepselter)” 4-6pm, AP 330.
April Methods Café: Joshua Barker (U Toronto) on newspapers, AP 330
In November 2020, the University of Toronto Ethnography Lab invited some of our sister labs to participate in a virtual roundtable event at the American Anthropology Associations’ “Raising our Voices” annual meeting. The event brought together members of the Center for Experimental Ethnography at University of Pennsylvania, the Center for Ethnography at UC Irvine, and the … Continue reading
Speaker Series: “Hacking the Postcard”With Dr. Mascha Gugganig (Munich Center for Technology in Society) and Sophie Schor (University of Massachusetts Amherst) Have you ever wondered why postcards have become so out of fashion? Or is this medium merely a distant remnant of your parents’ and grandparents’ generation? In times of instant communication via emails, social … Continue reading
Join Elliott Tilleczek (PhD Student, Anthropology) and Thomas Stoneman (Youth Educator) on Wednesday, November 4th as they discuss the various methods and types of work that go into creating their podcast Do You Queer What I Queer? In addition to speaking about the podcast, Elliott and Thom will host a workshop and show in real-time what is … Continue reading
Welcome to our first virtual speaker series event of the year! Join Erica Kilius (PhD Student, Anthropology), Leela McKinnon (PhD Student, Anthropology), and Noor Abbas (MSc Student, Anthropology) as they discuss their COVID-19 and Sleep study conducted this summer, funded through the University of Toronto Student Engagement Awards. While their lab typically explores sleep through … Continue reading
The theme for the 2020/2021 *virtual* speaker series is “Telling Ethnographic Stories.” Through this speaker series we will hear from our colleagues about the ways that they are thinking about and working with the stories they have witnessed and collected through their research. How do we as ethnographers engage in storytelling? How do we build … Continue reading
On August 5th and 6th 2020, graduate students from the department of anthropology at the University of Toronto will be presenting research papers and works-in-progress to their peers and faculty. You are warmly invited to attend, watch the presentations, and engage with comments and questions. The event is presented by the Anthropology Graduate Student Union … Continue reading
Session Report 3 prepared by Tessa Bonduelle and Hannah Quinn with Andrew Gilbert On Friday, May 22, 2020, the Ethnography Lab hosted the final of three sessions for our “Ethnography in/of the Pandemic” series. Session 3 focused on the “Methods and Tools” available to researchers undertaking ethnography in the pandemic. These questions emerged from the … Continue reading
Session Report prepared by Tessa Bonduelle with Hannah Quinn and Andrew Gilbert On Friday, May 15, 2020, the Ethnography Lab hosted the second of three sessions for our “Ethnography in/of the Pandemic” series. Session 2 focused on the pandemic’s impact on research projects and writing, addressing pragmatic and practical questions spanning all stages of a … Continue reading
Prepared by Hannah Quinn with Andrew Gilbert On Tuesday, May 12th the Ethnography Lab hosted the first of three sessions for our “Ethnography in/of the Pandemic” series. Session 1 focused on “ethics and engagement,” a theme that emerged from the brainstorming session on May 1st where participants noted their concerns related to pursuing or continuing … Continue reading
On May 1st the Ethnography Lab hosted a collective conversation raising diverse questions and concerns related to ethnographic research under pandemic conditions. Attended by upwards of 70 participants, including students, faculty, and other ethnographers from across Canada and the US, the conversation was wide-ranging and robust. Three sets of questions emerged and will form the … Continue reading
