Discovering a new world perspective (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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Discovering a new world perspective (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

By 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. Discovering a new world perspective “I have a dream…” Those were the words … Continue reading

“Untitled” (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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“Untitled” (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

By Amanda Harvey-Sanchez, Amanda Sumanasekera, and 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. Abstract Amanda S, Amanda H-S, and Yiran have … Continue reading

“Untitled” (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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“Untitled” (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

By Amanda 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. Introduction My name is Amanda Sumanasekera and I conducted fieldwork over a  three … Continue reading

Ethnography as Obsession: On Immersion and Separation in Fieldwork and Writing (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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Ethnography as Obsession: On Immersion and Separation in Fieldwork and Writing (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

By: Amanda Harvey-Sánchez 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. While Annika and Amanda both thoroughly enjoyed the process of … Continue reading

How Participant is Participant Observation? On Wearing My “Activist Hat” and My “Ethnographer Hat” (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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How Participant is Participant Observation? On Wearing My “Activist Hat” and My “Ethnographer Hat” (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

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. This reflection is inspired in part by an event. The event was a … Continue reading

Spanish at Massey College: One Language, Two Worlds (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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Spanish at Massey College: One Language, Two Worlds (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

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. A key feature that emerged during my research at Massey College is the … Continue reading

Student bio: Yiran Li (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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Student bio: Yiran Li (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

My name is Yiran Li and I am a fourth-year international student double major in Cultural Anthropology and Art History. My major research interests are cross-culture communication and education and hope to develop my knowledge in these fields through anthropological studies. Blog posts by Yiran: Blog Post 1: The Missing Friendship Blog Post 2: What is … Continue reading

Student bio: Tarini Date (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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Student bio: Tarini Date (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

My name is Tarini Date. I’m a fourth-year undergraduate student here at U of T. I double major in sociocultural anthropology and sociology and minor in women and gender studies. My project is focused on ethnographically examining how people respond to the increased pro-life demonstrations on campus. Pro-life demonstrators are known to use very large … Continue reading

Student bio: Nil Alt (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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Student bio: Nil Alt (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

My project looks at food politics on campus. The questions I am interested in are why and how students’ enduring interest in food has yet to generate more assertive political action. Although we hear the term ‘food politics’ often, it is quite a challenge to pin down what ‘politics’ actually signify in the context of … Continue reading

Student bio: Annika Olsen (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
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Student bio: Annika Olsen (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

I am a third-year undergraduate student studying Socio-Cultural Anthropology, Global Health and French as a second language, and an editor for the Anthropology Undergraduate Journal. After taking part in a science-heavy high school program, it was an internship in the Chitwan Medical College in Bharatpur, Nepal, that introduced me to the complex relationships that are … Continue reading