The Commercialized Contemporary Public Art Scene in Toronto This winter 2019, UofT anthropology and English major Maisha Mustanzir will be hosting a collective research project and workshop series dedicated to understanding the commercialization of Toronto’s public art scene from an ethnographic perspective. The first meeting for this group will take place on Thursday, March 21st, … Continue reading
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Launching the Urban Ethnography Reading Group and Speaker Series 2019
In an effort to decentralize our academic knowledge and discussion on urban spaces, the Urban Ethnography Group has launched its Urban Ethnography from the Global South reading group and speaker series, dedicated to the study and analysis of ethnographic research produced on the Global South and by academics from the Global South. The initiative has two … Continue reading
The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice | Annemarie Mol (2002)
The Body Multiple: Ontology in Medical Practice | Annemarie Mol (2002) A reading group discussion hosted by the Disability Anthropology Working Group (Flyer attached) February 25, 2 – 4 PM The Ethnography Lab, Room 330, 19 Russell St. Toronto https://ethnographylab.ca/disability-anthropology-working-group/ Each month the Disability Anthropology Working group, in collaboration with the Ethnography Lab, hosts a reading discussion of an ethnography related … Continue reading
Putting the Graphic in the Ethnographic: A visual ethnography workshop series
This winter (2019), the Ethnography Lab Visual Ethnography group will be hosting a series of informal workshops designed to encourage ethnographers to experiment with different mediums to enhance their engagement visually and politically with their work. One of the themes for winter 2019 is “Putting the Graphic in the Ethnographic.” The first thematic workshop proposes … Continue reading
Call for a Graduate Student or Post-Doc to Coordinate the Ethnography Lab Kensington Market Research Project
The University of Toronto Ethnography Lab would like to hire a graduate student or post doc to take on the duties of coordinator for the Kensington Market Research Project from end of January to April 2019, with possibility for extension to August 2019. The Kensington Market Research Project (KMRP) is a long-term initiative that aims … Continue reading
“WITCHBODY: Interrogating The Graphic Turn” with Sabrina Scott
The Ethnography Lab team invites you to our third speaker event of the year as part of our Ethnography Lab 2018/2019 Speaker Series: ‘Ethnographic Experiments’ “WITCHBODY: Interrogating The Graphic Turn” with Sabrina Scott Date: Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 (please note the change of day) Location: The Ethnography Lab (Anthropology Building, 19 Russell St., Room 330) Time: 6:00-8:00pm This is the third event … Continue reading
Where Interpretation Ends and History Begins: Questions of Scale and Scope in Anthropological Analysis
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
