Ever wonder what it’s like for an anthropologist outside the ivory tower? A follow-up to the Ethnography Lab’s “Ethnography in the Private Sector” talk by Graham Candy, anthropology students who interned at Diamond Integrated Marketing this past summer will be talking about what it’s like translating theory learned in the classroom to strategy presented in … Continue reading
Reassembling Ethnography: Using Mulit-Sited Fieldwork to Meet the Challenges of Researching the Canadian Wild Food Trade The Ethnography Lab is pleased to welcome Dylan Gordon to the 2015-2016 Speaker Series on Friday, October 23rd, 5-6pm, for a discussion about multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork in Canada. From an ethnographer’s perspective, commercial pickers of wild foods are challenging … Continue reading
The Ethnography Lab is excited to launch its second annual speaker series, which will feature talented speakers who will share their insights and experience about ethnography. Housed in the University of Toronto Department of Anthropology, the Ethnography Lab strives to encourage dynamic discussion and experimentation with the various ways in which ethnography is practiced and … Continue reading
The Ethnography lab is pleased to welcome Graham Candy as the first speaker for the 2015-2016 Speaker Series on Friday, September 25th at 5pm for a discussion about the place of ethnography in the private sector. Continue reading
The Ethnography Lab is excited to invite talented speakers to share their insights and experience about ethnography in our 2015-2016 speaker series! Housed in the University of Toronto Department of Anthropology, the Ethnography Lab strives to encourage dynamic discussion and experimentation with the various ways in which ethnography is practiced and imagined. This year we … Continue reading
On April 26th, 2015, the students of “ANTH447H1 Ethnographic Practicum: Metropolis” course directed by Dr. Joshua Barker, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto hosted their first Scan-a-thon event. As part of a long-term research project on the cultures and people of Toronto’s Kensington Market, eleven undergraduate and 4 graduate students got together … Continue reading
Jacob Nerenberg, a PhD Candidate at the University of Toronto’s Department of Anthropology, will be giving the last talk of the semester in the Ethnography. Entitled : Mission Telecom, Nerenberg will be asking: “What can ethnography offer scenes of dislocation and uncertainty? Stories about text messages and missionaries in New Guinea raise questions about technology, … Continue reading
In tandem with the Ethnography Lab’s Scan-a-thon event, we invite you to come and take a look at what the students have been up to since they started their research in Kensington Market in January 2015. Open to the public. Continue reading
The Italian Contemporary Film Festival of Toronto and the Ethnography Lab are honoured to invite you to the Canadian premiere of “Good Time for a Change”, the first ethnographic documentary by Salvatore Giusto, Danilo Melideo, and Manuela D’Andreamatteo. The screening will take place at the TIFF Bell Lightbox theatre at 9:30 pm on June 17, … Continue reading
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