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Winter 2020 Events
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
Please join the AGSU and Ethnography Lab for a film screening of the short documentary Invasion
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 Group announcement
Speculative Anthropology Reading Group – Meetings and Reading List
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
The Ethnographic Ear: Working with/in Sound
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
Please join us for Scent City: Urban Olfactory Activism by Jim Drobnick (OCAD)
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
Ethnography of the University / Ethnography of the University: Focus on Time 2019 / Undergraduate Ethnography
Change Postponed? (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)
This blog post was part of a series of student posts written during coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” “I hope that your work makes a difference”, By Mélina Lévesque On a cold winter afternoon sometime at the beginning of November, a good friend … Continue reading
Ethnography of the University / Ethnography of the University: Focus on Time 2019 / Undergraduate Ethnography
What to do with the Past? (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)
This blog post was part of a series of student posts written during coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” Landmark as Self-Definition, By Sarah MacDonal In my investigation of the Landmark renovation I found that the project’s various offices mobilized time to construct an … Continue reading
Ethnography of the University / Ethnography of the University: Focus on Time 2019 / Undergraduate Ethnography
Future Promise (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)
This blog post was part of a series of student posts written during coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” Too Early to Tell, By Agha Saadaf As the topic of my research was centred on how students at the University of Toronto were affected … Continue reading
Ethnography of the University / Ethnography of the University: Focus on Time 2019 / Undergraduate Ethnography
Sacred Time, Lunch Time, Time-Out (Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time)
This blog post was part of a series of student posts written during coursework for the Ethnographic Practicum courses ANT473 and ANT6200, “Ethnography of the University 2019: Focus on Time” An interview with a mindfulness co-ordinator, By Damien Boltauzer For his research, Damien has investigated Mindful Moments – a campus wide mindfulness program at U … Continue reading
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