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