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
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
When: Friday, February 14th, 2:30PM Where: Ethnography Lab Boardroom The AGSU and Ethnography Lab will be hosting a film screening of the short documentary Invasion, followed by a discussion about the work of Wet’suwet’en land and water protectors and ways that anthropologists living and working on Indigenous lands can act in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en … Continue reading
Date: Wednesday February 12, 2020Time: 12 NoonLocation: Room 330, Anthropology Bldg, 19 Russell Street, Toronto On Wednesday, February 12, University of Toronto Ethnomusicology Prof. Farzaneh Hemmasi and doctoral candidate Nil Basdurak will introduce participants to some of the central questions, theories, challenges and opportunities associated with ethnographic approaches to sound, sounding and listening at Ethnography Lab‘s Methods Café. They will … Continue reading
Friday, February 7, 2020 | 1:00 PM 3:00 PMSpeaker: Maya El Helou, PhD Student, Department of Anthropology, The University of Toronto This workshop proposes experimenting with collage as a medium of making sense out of the mess of social theory. It continues an initiative begun last year of informal workshops designed to encourage ethnographers to experiment with different mediums to enhance their engagement—visually … Continue reading
It was great to see so many people at our winter launch! If you missed it, please find our upcoming events here. Continue reading
Ethnography Lab Seminar Room 330 Anthropology Building If you think that writing ethnography can also be a shared experience or a shared commitment with peers, consider dropping by to work on your writings as it best suits your schedule. The room will be available every Tuesday throughout the semester. Continue reading
