Prepared by Hannah Quinn with Andrew Gilbert On Tuesday, May 12th the Ethnography Lab hosted the first of three sessions for our “Ethnography in/of the Pandemic” series. Session 1 focused on “ethics and engagement,” a theme that emerged from the brainstorming session on May 1st where participants noted their concerns related to pursuing or continuing …
On May 1st the Ethnography Lab hosted a collective conversation raising diverse questions and concerns related to ethnographic research under pandemic conditions. Attended by upwards of 70 participants, including students, faculty, and other ethnographers from across Canada and the US, the conversation was wide-ranging and robust. Three sets of questions emerged and will form the …
When: Friday, February 14th, 2:30PM Where: Ethnography Lab Boardroom The AGSU and Ethnography Lab will be hosting a film screening of the short documentary Invasion, followed by a discussion about the work of Wet’suwet’en land and water protectors and ways that anthropologists living and working on Indigenous lands can act in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en … Continue reading
After tackling Silverstein and Bourdieu, the Linguistic Anthropology Reading Group is moving onto Agha and Goffman. The upcoming schedule is listed below. In addition to working through these readings, there will be opportunities to discuss group members’ research.If you’d like to learn more or join our group email list, please contact Lynda.chubak@mail.utoronto.ca or joseph.wilson@utoronto.ca All LingAnth keeners welcome! … Continue reading
Date: Wednesday February 12, 2020Time: 12 NoonLocation: Room 330, Anthropology Bldg, 19 Russell Street, Toronto On Wednesday, February 12, University of Toronto Ethnomusicology Prof. Farzaneh Hemmasi and doctoral candidate Nil Basdurak will introduce participants to some of the central questions, theories, challenges and opportunities associated with ethnographic approaches to sound, sounding and listening at Ethnography Lab‘s Methods Café. They will … Continue reading
Date: Thursday February 27, 2020Time: 4:00-5:30PMLocation: Room 330, Anthropology Bldg, 19 Russell Street, Toronto Abstract: The city constitutes a prime battleground for olfactory politics. The large population, the competing interests, the variety of stakeholders, and the dynamic pace of redevelopment all contribute to contestations about the best use of the public commons that is the atmosphere. … Continue reading
Please join us for the first workshop of the Performance Ethnography Working Group, a joint initiative of the Centre for Imaginative Ethnography at York University and the Ethnography Lab at the University of Toronto. The workshop will take place this Friday, February 7th from 2-5pm. Please RSVP for the workshop here, so that we can anticipate … Continue reading
