Djuna Nagasaki Friday, Nov 13th, 5:00 – 6:00 pm. Ethnography Lab Boardroom, room 330. Our Grandparents’ Kitchens is an ethnographic film that seeks to address the question; What does it mean to be Japanese Canadian? By highlighting the voices of young Japanese Canadians as they work to reconnect with culture and a sense of community, … Continue reading
By Jessika Tremblay and Lotte van Gelderen from Akendi Nov 13th, 2025, 5:00pm – 6:00pmEthnography Lab Boardroom, rm 330 Where do Ethnographic Thinking (Hasbrouck 2017) and Experience Thinking (Van Gelderen 2018) overlap, and how do they diverge from Design Thinking? This session explores the intersections of these frameworks through the lens of UX research, highlighting … Continue reading
by Dang Anh-Minh Nguyen Join us Friday, Sept 26th, 2025, 5:00 – 6:00pm in the Ethnography Lab Boardroom Land ownership remains a significant lacuna in the historical scholarship on ethnic minorities in Vietnam. As a historian, I began investigating this subject through archival research; however, the available records were primarily produced by French administrators, explorers, … Continue reading
Ethnographic Practicum Student Research Showcase: DIVERSIFYING MUSEUM STORIES: VISITOR EXPERIENCES Friday, September 5, 2025, 1-3PM, Room 301 Experiential Learning Commons, (255 Beverley St). Light Refreshments will be served. The City of Toronto History Museums have implemented a new strategic plan to diversify the stories they present beyond conventional mainstream narratives. How do visitors experience the … Continue reading
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The Beautiful friend shows up unexpectedly and a worlding can begin. In this talk, we move from making friends on a quiet street in Denmark to friendships in Jordan and finally to friendship and the possibility of transformative solidarity in the research process. When invisible, affective gestures are captured ethnographically in all their singularity, can … Continue reading
Saturday, March 29, 2025, 2:30–3:30pm at the Tranzac Club Terrace of the SeaDiana Allan • 52 min • USA/Palestine/Lebanon • 2009 In Terrace of the Sea, anthropologist, author, and filmmaker Diana Allan offers a sensorial glimpse into the lives of the Ibrahim family, a displaced family who have been making a living as fishermen for … Continue reading
