Mira El Achhab For my ethnography project, I chose the UofT Fanfiction Club as my research site and over the course of the semester attended weekly meetings that I participated in and took notes on, interviewed two executives from the club, and read a number of works relating to fan studies and fandom ethnographies. From … Continue reading
Soren Morgan My ethnographic project, The Role of Irony in Socially Constructing the Self: A Study of “Performative Male” Contests took place over 3 months from September to November 2025. The “Performative Male” micro trend seemingly had macro implications as online engagement with this satirical phenomenon manifested beyond the screen to in-person GenZ communities at … Continue reading
By Johana Pokorney Thursday, January 29th, 2026, 5:00 – 6:00pm Room 330 – Ethnography Lab Boardroom 19 Ursula Franklin Street This session examines how skills and sensibilities honed through ethnographic research can be translated into qualitative research consulting projects and settings–and sometimes where they fail. Given that today many other professionals draw on similar methods, … Continue reading
Please join us at the Ethnography Lab on Friday, December 5th, 5-6 pm, for a presentation of a work in progress by Eugene Slonimerov. 19 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto, Ontario. Room 330 or online. The ongoing research project takes the site of the former Russian military installation in Tbilisi, Georgia as a non-human subject, a … Continue reading
Djuna Nagasaki Friday, Nov 13th, 5:00 – 6:00 pm. Ethnography Lab Boardroom, room 330. Our Grandparents’ Kitchens is an ethnographic film that seeks to address the question; What does it mean to be Japanese Canadian? By highlighting the voices of young Japanese Canadians as they work to reconnect with culture and a sense of community, … Continue reading
By Jessika Tremblay and Lotte van Gelderen from Akendi Nov 13th, 2025, 5:00pm – 6:00pmEthnography Lab Boardroom, rm 330 Where do Ethnographic Thinking (Hasbrouck 2017) and Experience Thinking (Van Gelderen 2018) overlap, and how do they diverge from Design Thinking? This session explores the intersections of these frameworks through the lens of UX research, highlighting … Continue reading
by Dang Anh-Minh Nguyen Join us Friday, Sept 26th, 2025, 5:00 – 6:00pm in the Ethnography Lab Boardroom Land ownership remains a significant lacuna in the historical scholarship on ethnic minorities in Vietnam. As a historian, I began investigating this subject through archival research; however, the available records were primarily produced by French administrators, explorers, … Continue reading
Ethnographic Practicum Student Research Showcase: DIVERSIFYING MUSEUM STORIES: VISITOR EXPERIENCES Friday, September 5, 2025, 1-3PM, Room 301 Experiential Learning Commons, (255 Beverley St). Light Refreshments will be served. The City of Toronto History Museums have implemented a new strategic plan to diversify the stories they present beyond conventional mainstream narratives. How do visitors experience the … Continue reading
