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.

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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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

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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 →

Final Papers (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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Final Papers (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

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The students of ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018 have each written a final paper examining an aspect of politics on campus. Click on the links below to access the PDFs of their papers. Politics as Fun Laughter_Relief_and Bonding through Memes -By … Continue reading →

Where Interpretation Ends and History Begins: Questions of Scale and Scope in Anthropological Analysis (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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Where Interpretation Ends and History Begins: Questions of Scale and Scope in Anthropological Analysis (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

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By Amanda Harvey-Sanchez This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. One of the questions which I have had to navigate in my research … Continue reading →

Being Native to the Field: A Double-Edged Sword (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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Being Native to the Field: A Double-Edged Sword (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

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By Amanda Harvey-Sanchez, Ailin Z. W. Li, Yiran Li, and Amanda Dias N. Sumanasekera This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. In conducting … Continue reading →

Blog Post 3: For the Rights of Chinese Students (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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Blog Post 3: For the Rights of Chinese Students (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

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By Yiran Li This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. Focusing on the involvement issues of Chinese students, an inevitable topic for me … Continue reading →

Blog Post 2: What is successful and what is a good club event (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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Blog Post 2: What is successful and what is a good club event (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

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By Yiran Li This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. You are a Chinese student and this is your first year in Canada. … Continue reading →