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
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
Mitchell Akiyama’s discussion with the Ethnographic Variations Working Group has been rescheduled for April 11th at 11:30 am ET. Special Guest: Mitchell Akiyama Date/Time: April 11, 11:30 am ET About: Mitchell Akiyama is a Toronto-based scholar, composer, and artist. His eclectic body of work includes writings about sound, metaphors, animals, and media technologies; scores for film and … Continue reading
Please join Professor Shiho Satsuka and the students of ANT6032: More-than-Human-Ethnography for a graduate student workshop on March 29 and April 5th from 12 – 2 pm in AP246. Continue reading
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
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
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
This session will consider what ethnography can bring to the study of archives, and what archives can bring to ethnographic study. About this event Please join the Ethnography Lab for our upcoming Methods Café, “Ethnography In and Of the Archive,” featuring Professor Natalie Rothman. Date/Time: March 8, 2022, 12 -1 pm ET Location: Zoom This … Continue reading
Please join Ethnographic Variations for a discussion about ethnographic practices and methodological possibilities, featuring Dr. Stephanie Springgay. Date/Time: February 28, 2-3pm EST Location: Zoom About this event The Ethnographic Variations group at Anthropology’s Ethnography Lab invites you to join us on February 28 when we will be joined by a very special guest Dr. Stephanie … Continue reading
Featuring: * Biao Xiang, The Mobility, Technology, and Well-Being Lab (MOLAB), Anthropology of Economic Experimentation, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
* Tarini Bedi, Mobilities and Methods Lab, University of Illinois-Chicago, Department of Anthropology
* Melisa Cefkin, Waymo
Moderated by: William F. Stafford, JR., University of Toronto Mississauga
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Ethnography Lab presents Multispecies Ethnography Speaker Series:Indigenous Standpoints & Multispecies Ethnography Speaker: Professor Professor Kim Tallbear Tuesday, February 1, 20222 – 3:30pm Please email Noha at n.fikry@mail.utoronto.ca for zoom info! Continue reading
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