NON-MILITARY THREAT: Queer (Indos) Shoot Back? In October 2025, Indonesian President Prabowo designated the “dissemination of LGBTQ culture” a non-military threat to national security. The moniker “non-military threat” exposes a troubling contradiction: Indonesian queer people need not take up arms to be designated enemies of the state. But what if the threat lies not in … Continue reading
Category Archives: Updates
The Ethnography Lab’s longitudinal research project about Kensington Market is once again in the news
U of T News has published an article titled Researchers examine how commercial change is reshaping Toronto’s Kensington Market. For the original research conducted by Dr. Farzaneh Hemmasi, Dr. Emily Hertzman visit this link at the U of T School of Cities website. Continue reading
The Ethnography Lab’s longitudinal research project about Kensington Market is once again in the news
U of T News has published an article titled Researchers examine how commercial change is reshaping Toronto’s Kensington Market. For the original research conducted by Dr. Farzaneh Hemmasi, Dr. Emily Hertzman visit this link at the U of T School of Cities website. Continue reading
Follow the People: Participant-Observation in AI Labs
All our events are free, open to the public, and take place in the Ethnography Lab boardroom, AP 330, 19 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto, Ontario. Light refreshments will be served. Hybrid events are announced in advance. Continue reading
Please join us on October 16th for the first talk in our annual Speaker Series:
All our events are free, open to the public, and take place in the Ethnography Lab boardroom, AP 330, 19 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto, Ontario. Light refreshments will be served. Hybrid events are announced in advance. Continue reading
Announcing the 2026/2027 Ethnography Lab Speaker Series
Please join us for a series of sustained conversations about how anthropological and ethnographic methods can be used to study artificial intelligence. All our events are free, open to the public, and take place in the Ethnography Lab boardroom, AP 330, 19 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto, Ontario. Light refreshments will be served. Hybrid events are … Continue reading
Announcing the 2026/2027 Ethnography Lab Speaker Series
Please join us for a series of sustained conversations about how anthropological and ethnographic methods can be used to study artificial intelligence. All our events are free, open to the public, and take place in the Ethnography Lab boardroom, AP 330, 19 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto, Ontario. Light refreshments will be served. Hybrid events are … Continue reading