University of Toronto, Department of Anthropology ANT 473HF Ethnographic Practicum: The University 2019 Theme: TimeInstructor Prof. Tania Li, Mondays 10-1 pm Participants in this class conduct an independent ethnographic inquiry, analyse data, write it up, present it, and publish it on the Ethnography Lab website as an original contribution to knowledge. The premise of the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Undergraduate Ethnography
In this section of the Ethnography Lab website, we collect student and instructor writing from various ethnographic practicums offered by or via the Lab.
Doing “good work”: the intersections of progress, innovation, and virtue at the University of Toronto, By Morgan O’Brien (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)
This final paper was part of the coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” Introduction This ethnographic project began with the idea of a race between institutions. Securing a position at the top of the annual national and international university ranking scales is a high … Continue reading
Change Postponed? (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” “I hope that your work makes a difference”, By Mélina Lévesque On a cold winter afternoon sometime at the beginning of November, a good friend … Continue reading
What to do with the Past? (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” Landmark as Self-Definition, By Sarah MacDonal In my investigation of the Landmark renovation I found that the project’s various offices mobilized time to construct an … Continue reading
Future Promise (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” Too Early to Tell, By Agha Saadaf As the topic of my research was centred on how students at the University of Toronto were affected … Continue reading
Sacred Time, Lunch Time, Time-Out (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” An interview with a mindfulness co-ordinator, By Damien Boltauzer For his research, Damien has investigated Mindful Moments – a campus wide mindfulness program at U … Continue reading
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)
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)
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)
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