It was great to see so many people at our winter launch! If you missed it, please find our upcoming events here. Continue reading
Category Archives: Updates
Ethnographies of/from the Global South Presents “Rebeldes en Acción”: Crossroads of English Teaching and Violence in a Colombian Marginalized High School
Yecid Ortega, PhD Candidate, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education – OISE Thursday, January 30 from 5:00 to 6:30 PM in The Ethnography Lab, Room 330,University of Toronto, Anthropology Building 19 Russel Street Continue reading
We hope to see you at the Ethnography Lab Winter Launch!
Friday, January 31, 2020 | Workshop 1:00-3:00PM, AP330, Launch 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM AP246, Anthropology Building 19 Russell St. Please join the Ethnography Lab’s Senior Researcher Dr. Andrew Gilbert, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, U of T, for a workshop on the possibility of communicating ethnographic research in forms other than text, i.e. photo, video, … Continue reading
Ethnography Beyond the Text: A Workshop on What to Know Before You Go
Please join Ethnography Lab’s Senior Researcher Dr. Andrew Gilbert on Friday, January 31, 2020. This is a workshop designed for anyone who will be conducting ethnographic research and is interested in the possibility of communicating that research in forms other than text, i.e. photo, video, graphic and sequential arts, audio, etc. The focus will be on how to prepare … Continue reading
An Elephant in the Room: Tracking an Awkward Anthropology
Due to the elevator being out of service, this event has moved to room AP130, Anthropology Building 19 Russell St. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. Friday, January 17, 2020 | 4:30 PM 6:00 PM Speaker: Dr. Magdalena Kazubowski-Houston, Associate Professor Department of Theatre, York University Drawing on trail anthropology and the notion of the … Continue reading
Kerala 2019
From April to September 2019, three undergraduate students from the Department of Anthropology, at the University of Toronto University, Canada underwent an immersive learning experience at the Centre for Research and Social Transformation (CREST) in Kerala, India. From May to late June, undergraduate student Annika Olsen undertook this internship alongside master’s student Amanda Harvey-Sánchez. From … Continue reading
Urban Ethnography from the Global South: Reading Group meeting
The reading group meeting for the Urban Ethnography of the Global South group will involve discussion of the following book: “In Search of Paradise: Middle- Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis” by Li Zhang (2011)*. The meeting will take place: Wednesday, November 20, 20195-7pmRoom 330, Anthropology Bldg, 19 Russell Street, Toronto Open to students, faculty, … Continue reading
The Socio-Technical Infrastructure of Cryptocurrency Blockchains
Join us for this free event on June 12 from 4-6pm in the Ethnography Lab. Continue reading
Magical Capitalism, Gambler Subjects: South Korea’s Bitcoin Investment
Thursday, April 4, 2019 | 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM AP330, Anthropology Building 19 Russell St. _ Speaker: Seung Cheol LEE, University of Mississippi Chair: Jesook Song, Department of Anthropology, U of T “First, it was just tech people. Now, literally everyone is interested in Bitcoin,” said New York Times while reporting on the Bitcoin … Continue reading
Ban Damunhwa and its Neoliberal Affect of Fairness and Equity
Wednesday, April 3, 2019 | 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM AP330, Anthropology Building 19 Russell St. _ Speaker: EuyRyung Jun, Chonbuk National University Chair: Jesook Song, Department of Anthropology, U of T This talk discusses the rapid emergence of ban damunhwa (“anti-multiculture”) or the sentiment of anti-immigration in South Korea. Ban damunhwa discourse centers on … Continue reading
