“Gamestorming” is a set of collaborative techniques — loosely structured like games — popular in private sector and nonprofit organizations. Gamestorming is used in group contexts to capture and process information, generate insights, solve problems and establish (or manufacture?) consensus. Usually, gamestorming activities take place during in-person meetings using white boards and sticky notes. During the pandemic, practitioners have increasingly adopted virtual whiteboards and other online tools to facilitate gamestorming. Gamestorming has come to be seen as a core tool in the “UX research” (user experience research) toolbox. Continue reading
Category Archives: Updates
Ethnography across the Campuses
Date/Time: Thursday, Jan 13, 2022 at 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Description: Join the UTM Collaborative Digital Research Space (CDRS) and the Ethnography Lab (EL) for an informal discussion of ethnography across disciplines and campuses. This event is designed to foster transdisciplinary networks of researchers using, thinking with, and critiquing ethnography practices. Structure of the … Continue reading
Innovation Hub at U of T offers training for undergrads and grads who would like to learn qualitative research skills and how to apply them in an institutional environment
The Innovation Hub at U of T offers training for undergrads and grads who would like to learn qualitative research skills and how to apply them in an institutional environment – in this case, to improve student life at U of T. Check here for info about the program and details on the info sessions … Continue reading
COVID-19 and Organizational Ethnography
In a crisis such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the decisions of governments, institutions, and corporations influence dozens, thousands, and sometimes millions of lives. Understanding how such organizations respond to crises and why they choose particular strategies over others is therefore of critical importance. Ethnography can be an important tool in such understandings because it is well-suited to untangling and tracing on-the-ground power relations. Continue reading
“Meet the Labs”: Explorations in Speculative and Collaborative Ethnographic Practice from Vancouver to Los Angeles
Join us on Friday, November 26, 2021, from 1-3 pm EDT for the second event in our series, “Meet the Labs”! We will be joined by two Ethnography Labs: Making Culture Lab at Simon Fraser University and the Laboratory of Speculative Ethnology run by Elizabeth Chin at the Art College Center of Design in California. Continue reading
Join the Ethnography Lab! A call for Student Convener Applications
The Ethnography Lab would like to announce the opening of several volunteer convener positions to provide unique opportunities for ethnography-focused collaborations, mentorship, research, projects, and presentations based on thematic interests. The call is open to undergraduate and graduate students across all three campuses and disciplines. The Ethnography Lab invites applications for up to four (4) … Continue reading
We’re Hiring a Coordinator!
The University of Toronto Ethnography Lab is looking to hire a part-time casual coordinator to manage communications and administrative affairs starting September 1, 2021. The call is open to ethnographers across all three UofT campuses, with preference given to Anthropology graduate students. The position requires your presence at the Lab on campus, as far as … Continue reading
Graduate Student Job Opportunity!
Call for Graduate Student Researchers to support joint Faculty of Music/Ethnography Lab Research Project in Kensington Market The Faculty of Music and the University of Toronto Ethnography Lab would like to hire one or two graduate student researchers to support the joint research project “Keeping Kensington “Kensington”: Value and Affordability in Toronto’s Kensington Market,” supported … Continue reading
“Doing Ethnography Now” at AAA “Raising our Voices”
“Doing Ethnography Now”A virtual Roundtable at the American Anthropology Association virtual meetings Raising Our Voices 2020 Saturday, November 14th from 5:00 – 6:00 PM EST Join our live-streamed roundtable event, hosted by Andrew Gilbert and Hannah Quinn with Alissa Jordan, George Marcus, Mike Fortun, Kregg Hetherington, Cassandra Hartblay, and Farzaneh Hemmasi This roundtable brings together members of … Continue reading
Do You Queer What I Queer?: Recording, Telling, and Archiving an Ethnographic Podcast
Join Elliott Tilleczek (PhD Student, Anthropology) and Thomas Stoneman (Youth Educator) on Wednesday, November 4th as they discuss the various methods and types of work that go into creating their podcast Do You Queer What I Queer? In addition to speaking about the podcast, Elliott and Thom will host a workshop and show in real-time what is … Continue reading