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
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
The response to our first roundtable, Ethnography in/of the Pandemic, exceeded our expectations both in the number of those interested and participating and the richness of the discussion. We have decided to hold three follow-up sessions, each focused on a cluster of questions and themes raised in our initial session. Please note that the organizers are … Continue reading
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Greetings from the Ethnography Lab; we hope you are well. In keeping with the recommendation of the University Provost, and the steps taken by the Anthropology Department at St. George, we are cancelling all Ethnography Lab events until further notice. We sincerely hope to reschedule them all for the Fall. Let … Continue reading
Please join us for the Ethnography Lab Methods Café Series! Wednesday, March 11 at 12noon in AP 330 “Getting to Know the Community: gathering quantitative and qualitative data through census interviews” with Prof. Janice Boddy (University of Toronto). All are welcome! Continue reading
The Performance Ethnography Working Group met for the first time on Friday the 7th of February, 2020 in the Sensorium Loft at York University. We had a diverse, multidisciplinary group of 15 participants. Some were of a humanities background, coming from Anthropology and Environmental Studies. Others were of a fine arts background, coming from Dance, … Continue reading
The second meeting of the Performance Ethnography Working Group (PEWG) has been rescheduled to accommodate an event at YorkU’s anthro department. It will now be held THIS FRIDAY March 6 @ 2:00-5:00pm, ATK 102E, YorkU. Continue reading
