Self Managing, Incentivized Students (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)
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Self Managing, Incentivized Students (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)

This blog post was part of a series of student posts written during coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” What is a Neoliberal Subject? By Wesley O’Hearn, Candace Baldassarre, and Mélina Lévesque   Over the course of the project, we encountered the idea of the … Continue reading

Time-Constrained Students (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)
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Time-Constrained Students (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)

This blog post was part of a series of student posts written during coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” Bridging Temporalities: Student Parents in the University, By Kristen Bass A tall white man with dark hair and a trimmed, grey-streaked beard stands in an … Continue reading

Methods, Archives, and the Arts of Noticing (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)
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Methods, Archives, and the Arts of Noticing (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)

This blog post was part of a series of student posts written during coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” Synthesizing Data and Theory, By Wesley O’Hearn   Below is fieldwork I conducted during the early stages of my project.  During this time, I was interested … Continue reading

Finding a Fieldsite, Finding a Question (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)
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Finding a Fieldsite, Finding a Question (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)

This blog post was part of a series of student posts written during coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” My “Field”, By Hayley Lessard Throughout my research, I struggled to find a physically set field site where I could see students control their time, … Continue reading

Fieldwork, Positionality, Auto-ethnography (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)
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Fieldwork, Positionality, Auto-ethnography (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)

This blog post was part of a series of student posts written during coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” Studying Up: Navigating the complexity of conducting research with “the powerful”  By Miya Draga & Morgan O’Brien When we imagine conducting research under ideal circumstances, … Continue reading

Theory and Time (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)
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Theory and Time (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)

This blog post was part of a series of student posts written during coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” Hartmut Rosa’s Temporalities, By Agha Saadaf, Wesley O’Hearn, Kristen Bass, Alon Hirchberg The university of Toronto is a space where the discourses and the embodiment … Continue reading

What is the University? (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)
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What is the University? (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)

This blog post was part of a series of student posts written during coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” What is the University? By Ali Azhar, Damien Boltauzer, Sarah Chocano Barboza, and Charlotte Stewart As students, each of us is positioned within a nexus … Continue reading

Modern Times, 1936 and the Angel of Progress (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)
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Modern Times, 1936 and the Angel of Progress (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)

This blog post was part of a series of student posts written during coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” The Progress Narrative, By Morgan O’Brien and Leslie Saunders “A Klee painting named Angelus Novus shows an angel looking as though he is about to … Continue reading

Time at the University
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Time at the University

How do different temporalities shape the life of the university? How do faculty, staff and students make time, spend time, and value time, past, present and future? Who tries to manage time, and why? Students in Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200 carried out research at different sites around campus to find out… Come hear … Continue reading