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, …
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 …
This final paper was part of the coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” “I hate that every time I finish something, I have to start doing the next thing. You know, Sarah?” Clifford exclaims while using one hand to clumsily put his sneakers on … Continue reading
This final paper was part of the coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” “No more culture of stress=success” On Monday afternoon of September 30th, I walked into the Bahen Centre for Information Technology. Just a few days earlier on Friday night of September 27th, … Continue reading
This final paper was part of the coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” Between 1992 and 1996 I was providing social-educational sessions on weekends to men who were dealing with drug and alcohol dependence. These men were mandated by the courts to attend the … Continue reading
This final paper was part of the coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” A tall white man with dark hair and a trimmed, grey-streaked beard stands in an open doorway, blocking my way into the Robarts Library Family Study Space. Seeing that the reading … Continue reading
This final paper was part of the coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” Introduction Since Franz Boas championed the ‘four field’ approach in 1904, anthropology has been understood as a field informed by both synchronic and diachronic perspectives. “Anthropologists occupy themselves with the problems… … Continue reading
This final paper was part of the coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” Introduction I was sitting down one day at Sydney Smith Patio, around noon. And I saw someone by themselves on a bench, eating their lunch. And after 5 minutes, they finished … Continue reading
This final paper was part of the coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” It is 10:00 a.m. at the University of Toronto. You are on your way to class across campus. As you walk through the busy sidewalks, you try to wiggle your way … Continue reading
This final paper was part of the coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” Introduction Like every group meeting, the agenda for this particularly cold Monday 4 pm gathering included a check-in question. In this case, it was “In the event that we are all … Continue reading
This final paper was part of the coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” To begin, I would like to pose the reader with a question: If I have an exam that ends at 9pm, another the following morning at 9am, and it takes me … Continue reading
This final paper was part of the coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” I met with Dana sometime towards the end of October in her office at College X, after having booked an appointment for financial counseling at the registrar’s. Having been introduced to … Continue reading
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