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” What does ‘family-friendly’ mean to students at U of T? How did the Family Care Office (FCO) emerge at the University? And, how does the University address ‘family-friendly?’ This paper considers … 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: My peripatetic journey is modeled along the lines of Laurence Sterne’s travel account of his fictional character, Yorick, who engages in sentimental interactions with people, animals and objects he encounters … Continue reading
University of Toronto, Department of Anthropology ANT 473HF Ethnographic Practicum: The University 2019 Theme: TimeInstructor Prof. Tania Li, Mondays 10-1 pm Participants in this class conduct an independent ethnographic inquiry, analyse data, write it up, present it, and publish it on the Ethnography Lab website as an original contribution to knowledge. The premise of 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” Introduction This ethnographic project began with the idea of a race between institutions. Securing a position at the top of the annual national and international university ranking scales is a high … Continue reading
The Ethnography Lab hosts a regular speaker series, workshop series, and methods safé during the academic year (September-April). These events take place in the University of Toronto anthropology building, room AP330 at 19 Russell Street, Toronto. In addition, our various interest groups (see the “Groups” drop-down menu in the main menu) frequently plan and organize … Continue reading
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
Speculative Anthropology Reading GroupWe will be meeting every other Tuesday from 6-8pm, starting Jan. Jan. 21: Intro to Speculative Anthropology Editors’ Forum on Speculative Anthropologies by Society for Cultural Anthropology: https://culanth.org/fieldsights/series/speculative-anthropologies Feb. 4: Fiction & Speculative Anthropology Ursula K. Le Guin’s “Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction” Nalo Hopkinson’s “Soul Case” (short story from the collection Falling in Love with … 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
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