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. Introduction: According to the data collected in 2016, Chinese international students take up … 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.
Collaborative Writing Theme 3: Who is the imagined university student? (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Tarini Date, Ailin Z.W. Li, Nil Alt Kecik, and Cassandra Gemmell 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. Within the university campus, … Continue reading
Ending at the Beginning (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Tarini Date 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. When I first learned that the theme of this year’s class was politics, … Continue reading
Neutrality on the Field (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Tarini Date 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. On a personal level, I firm believer in and advocate for women’s autonomy, … Continue reading
Shifting Fields, Collecting Data and Trusting One’s Instinct (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Tarini Date 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 this blog post, I would like to discuss the challenges that collecting … Continue reading
Collaborative Ethnography (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Nil Alt, Maya El Helou, Cassandra Gemmell, Maggie Morris 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. Common slogans like “Just do it” … Continue reading
Politics of Need Interpretation at the UTSU food bank (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Nil Alt 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. Volunteering at the food bank can be heavy on the soul, especially when … Continue reading
The Food Insecure Student (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Nil Alt 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. During my ethnographic project at the University of Toronto Students’ Union (UTSU) food … Continue reading
At the gates of ethnographic knowledge (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Nil Alt 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. My first and eventually successful attempt to enter my field, the UTSU food … Continue reading
Populism on Campus? Examining Self-Victimization in the Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Movements (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
By Tarini Date and Annika Olsen 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 our fieldwork among the pro-choice (Tarini) and pro-life (Annika) … Continue reading