Upcoming Talk by Kristen Graves on Monday, February 13, 2023
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Upcoming Talk by Kristen Graves on Monday, February 13, 2023

Garbage dump as a fieldwork site? Yes! Come learn about Kristen Graves’ work at the Oaxaca City Garbage Dump. Date: Monday February 13, 2023Time: 12:00 – 1:00pmLocation: AP330, Anthropology Building, 19 Ursula Franklin Street ** Lunch will be served. Please RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/kgelab. Kristen Graves’ research focuses on the virtuosic listening skills enacted by a community … Continue reading

Upcoming Methods Café on Feb. 3rd: The Scholar-Activist, Featuring Dr. Anima Adjepong
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Upcoming Methods Café on Feb. 3rd: The Scholar-Activist, Featuring Dr. Anima Adjepong

Please join the Ethnography Lab and the Department of Anthropology’s Professionalization Committee for the first installment of the Lab’s Winter term Methods Café series: The Scholar-Activist: A conversation on how an academic navigates different roles: fieldworker, activist, collaborator, and social organizer, featuring Dr. Anima Adjepong. Date: February 3Time: 1-2:30 pmLocation: Zoom event, RSVP here. Our … Continue reading

Roundtable Discussion (Nov. 16): Sounds of/like A Mixed Use Neighborhood, Community and Conflict in Post-Lockdown Kensington
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Roundtable Discussion (Nov. 16): Sounds of/like A Mixed Use Neighborhood, Community and Conflict in Post-Lockdown Kensington

Please join the Ethnography Lab for the roundtable discussion: Sounds of/like A Mixed Use Neighborhood, Community and Conflict in Post-Lockdown Kensington. Date: November 16, 2022 Time: 5-6 PM Location: AP 246, Department of Anthropology At this roundtable, members of the Kensington Market Soundscape Study will present preliminary research and methodological reflections from their summer work … Continue reading

Upcoming Talk on Friday, Oct. 21 with Professor Rodrigo Ochigame
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Upcoming Talk on Friday, Oct. 21 with Professor Rodrigo Ochigame

Please join us for the upcoming talk: The Paragenealogical Method in the Anthropology of Rationalities with Professor Rodrigo Ochigame Lunch will be provided! Date: Friday, October 21 Time: 12 pm Location: Ethnography Lab Seminar Room, AP330, Anthropology Building Event Description: Since the Cold War, the concept of rationality has become increasingly associated with certain formal … Continue reading

Check out our Zoom recordings for the 2021-22 academic year!
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Check out our Zoom recordings for the 2021-22 academic year!

We’ve uploaded our event recordings for the 2021-2022 academic year. Check out the videos below or head over to our YouTube page and subscribe! Meet the Labs: Speculative and Collaborative Ethnographic Practice from Vancouver to Los Angeles (November 26, 2021) The Ethnography Lab at the University of Toronto facilitates an encounter between Kate Hennessy of … Continue reading

Multispecies Speaker Series: Vernacularizing Nature with Kajri Jain, April 29th and May 2
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Multispecies Speaker Series: Vernacularizing Nature with Kajri Jain, April 29th and May 2

We would like to invite you for our next event in the Multispecies Ethnography Series—a discussion titled “Vernacularizing Nature: Plasticities of the ‘Eco’ in India’s Public Parks” with Prof. Kajri Jain (Art History/ Visual Studies, University of Toronto) on May 2nd at 3 pm EST. This discussion follows Prof. Jain’s talk with the same title … Continue reading

Jinns and Species: A Conversation on Saintly Beings, Religion, and Multispecies Ethnography
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Jinns and Species: A Conversation on Saintly Beings, Religion, and Multispecies Ethnography

Please join the Lab’s Multispecies Ethnography Working Group for a conversation with Professor Anand Vivek Taneja. Title: Jinns and Species: A Conversation on Saintly Beings, Religion, and Multispecies Ethnography Date/Time: Tuesday, March 29th, 2022, 3-4:30 EST To register or for more information, please email Noha Fikry at n.fikry@mail.utoronto.ca Abstract: In this conversation, Anand Taneja will … Continue reading

Entertaining the Graphic in the Ethnographic Workshop series: Photoshop Skills
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Entertaining the Graphic in the Ethnographic Workshop series: Photoshop Skills

The Entertaining the Graphic in the Ethnographic Working Group is hosting an introduction to Photoshop skills workshop series in two parts. Week 1: Fundamentals of Layering & Week 2: Basic Photoshop skills Dates: Week 1: Tuesday 29th of March, 2022            Week 2: Tuesday 26th of April, 2022 Week 1 & 2 are a continuum; … Continue reading

Between Parasitism and Mutuality: Multispecies Ethnography in Plantation Ecologies, featuring Professor Sophie Chao
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Between Parasitism and Mutuality: Multispecies Ethnography in Plantation Ecologies, featuring Professor Sophie Chao

Ethnography Lab presents Between Parasitism and Mutuality: Multispecies Ethnography in Plantation Ecologies Featuring: Professor Sophie Chao Wednesday, March 9th, 2022, 4-5:30 PM EST Please email Noha at n.fikry@mail.utoronto.ca for zoom info! About this Event:In this discussion, we think about the possibilities and limitations of multispecies ethnography on plantations. In particular, we focus on 2 articles that Sophie … Continue reading