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!
![[Book Launch] CoronAsur: Asian Religions in the Covidian AgeBook Launch](https://ethnographylab.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/event-poster.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "[Book Launch] CoronAsur: Asian Religions in the Covidian AgeBook Launch")
CoronAsur: Asian Religions in the Covidian Age, edited by Emily Zoe Hertzman, Erica M. Larson, Natalie Lang, and Carola E. Lorea. Register here: https://uoft.me/CoronAsur. January 26, 2024, 930-1130amOnline, via Zoom ABOUT THE BOOK By the summer of 2020, when the coronavirus had fully entered our everyday vocabulary and our lives, religious communities and places of … Continue reading
The Ethnography Lab is thrilled to present a series of AAA/CASCA-adjacent events in November: THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2023 Selective Listening and Wishful Hearing: Shaping Soundscapes in Toronto’s Kensington MarketFarzaneh Hemmasi (farzaneh.hemmasi@utoronto.ca)Metro Toronto Convention Center, Room 703No registration required. As part of the Transmissions/Transitions Sound Installation at AAA: The Kensington Market Soundscape Study is a community-engaged … Continue reading
The Ethnography Lab is organizing AAA-adjacent events in November. They include a community-engaged ethnographic project about the soundscapes of Toronto’s Kensington Market, a discussion about local economic resilience with community activists, an exploration of playful ethnography, a scholar-based DJ event, and a book launch on Asian religions in the Covidian age. Continue reading
What is playful ethnography?Join us for some interactive fun with games, schemes, and diversions about ethnographic fidelity, guilt, composition, and fieldwork friendship. These experiments derive from a collaborative ethnographic project on play conducted by ethnography lab members Noha Fikry Ismail, Kassandra Spooner-Lockyer, Jean Chia, and Nick Smith. The event will begin with brief introductory remarks … Continue reading
On Thursday June 1, 2023, 10am-12pm, the University of Toronto Ethnography Lab will co-host a hybrid format workshop with the York University Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) on coloniality and decoloniality. The in-person portion will be in Room W256 of the Seymour Schulich Building at York University. Light refreshments will … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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