Ethnography Lab Summer High School Program 2018 (Revised Dates)
If you are interested in this opportunity, which runs from July 9th-13th 2018, please fill out the application form and submit by email to ethnography.lab@utoronto.ca by May 30th, 2018.
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VISIBLE & INVISIBLE: INFRASTRUCTURE & POLITICS OF COHABITATION
Please join faculty and graduate students from Osaka University and University of Toronto for an open workshop in which we explore how attention to infrastructure might guide us to see the complex dynamics among various human and nonhuman beings that constitute the world, opening up new questions about how to live in a world of … Continue reading
Workshop Canceled
I regret to inform you that the following workshop has been canceled: Organizational Charts, April 6th, 5-6:30 pm. Please adjust your calendars. Continue reading
Upcoming Workshop: The Playlist
THE PLAYLIST Thursday, March 23rd, 5-6:30pm Playlists—sequences of songs—are a routine interface for the use of information and communication machines. What kind of data are playlists? How can ethnographers interpret technologically assembled, affectively charged sound sequences? Thinking about playlists as artifacts involves considering how they come into being, what the relations between their elements symbolize, and how they … Continue reading
Munk One Students Learn About Ethnographic Research
For the second year in a row, students from the Munk One program were hosted in the ethnography lab for an ethnographic research practicum as part of our Kensington Market Research Project. You may read a short blog post about their experiences at: http://munkschool.utoronto.ca/one/student-blog/reflections-on-the-ethnography-lab/ Continue reading
The Video Interview: A Workshop
Thursday, January 12, 5-6:30pm The Ethnography Lab is pleased to continue its 2016-2017 Workshop Series a workshop about video interviews. Video is an efficient and accessible means of documenting and disseminating what happens in an ethnographic interview. When used together with a transcript, for example, a wealth of visual cues complements the text. While researchers can write things like … Continue reading
Ethnography of the University 2015
Students from Prof. Tania Li’s fall 2015 course entitled ‘Ethnographic Practicum: Ethnography of the University’ compiled blog posts and documents from their experience conducting ethnography of the power structures that shape the University of Toronto. Click on items from the drop-down menu for more information. Continue reading
Calling Socio-cultural Anthropology Undergraduates: Fully Funded Summer Internship in India
Professor Tania Li has received funding from the Dean’s International Initiatives Fund (DIIF) to cover air fare and living costs for 4 students to travel to Kerala, India, for internships at the Centre for Research and Education for Social Transformation (CREST). The commitment is for two months, May-June (2 interns) and July-August (2 interns). Six … Continue reading
