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Disability Anthropology Working Group Members
Disability Anthropology Working Group

Disability Anthropology Working Group Members

Dr. Cassandra HartblayDr. Cassandra Hartblay is Assistant Professor of Anthropology, with appointments at the UTSC Interdisciplinary Centre for Health and Society and the Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies at the University of Toronto. Dr. Hartblay’s research calls for a robust disability anthropology that takes seriously the challenges that anthropology of disability and anthropologists with … Continue reading

Call for a Graduate Student or Post-Doc to Coordinate the Ethnography Lab Kensington Market Research Project
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Call for a Graduate Student or Post-Doc to Coordinate the Ethnography Lab Kensington Market Research Project

The University of Toronto Ethnography Lab would like to hire a graduate student or post doc to take on the duties of coordinator for the Kensington Market Research Project from end of January to April 2019, with possibility for extension to August 2019. The Kensington Market Research Project (KMRP) is a long-term initiative that aims … Continue reading

“WITCHBODY: Interrogating The Graphic Turn” with Sabrina Scott
Ethnography Lab / Events / Updates

“WITCHBODY: Interrogating The Graphic Turn” with Sabrina Scott

The Ethnography Lab team invites you to our third speaker event of the year as part of our Ethnography Lab 2018/2019 Speaker Series: ‘Ethnographic Experiments’  “WITCHBODY: Interrogating The Graphic Turn” with Sabrina Scott Date: Tuesday, February 5th, 2019 (please note the change of day) Location: The Ethnography Lab (Anthropology Building, 19 Russell St., Room 330) Time: 6:00-8:00pm This is the third event … Continue reading

Final Papers (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
Ethnography of the University / Ethnography of the University: Focus on Politics 2018 / Undergraduate Ethnography

Final Papers (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

The students of ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018 have each written a final paper examining an aspect of politics on campus. Click on the links below to access the PDFs of their papers. Politics as Fun Laughter_Relief_and Bonding through Memes -By … Continue reading

Where Interpretation Ends and History Begins: Questions of Scale and Scope in Anthropological Analysis (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
Ethnography of the University / Ethnography of the University: Focus on Politics 2018 / Undergraduate Ethnography

Where Interpretation Ends and History Begins: Questions of Scale and Scope in Anthropological Analysis (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

By Amanda Harvey-Sanchez This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. One of the questions which I have had to navigate in my research … Continue reading

Being Native to the Field: A Double-Edged Sword (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
Ethnography of the University / Ethnography of the University: Focus on Politics 2018 / Undergraduate Ethnography

Being Native to the Field: A Double-Edged Sword (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

By Amanda Harvey-Sanchez, Ailin Z. W. Li, Yiran Li, and Amanda Dias N. Sumanasekera This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. In conducting … Continue reading

Blog Post 3: For the Rights of Chinese Students (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
Ethnography of the University / Ethnography of the University: Focus on Politics 2018 / Undergraduate Ethnography

Blog Post 3: For the Rights of Chinese Students (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

By Yiran Li This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. Focusing on the involvement issues of Chinese students, an inevitable topic for me … Continue reading

Blog Post 2: What is successful and what is a good club event (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
Ethnography of the University / Ethnography of the University: Focus on Politics 2018 / Undergraduate Ethnography

Blog Post 2: What is successful and what is a good club event (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

By Yiran Li This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. You are a Chinese student and this is your first year in Canada. … Continue reading

Blog Post 1: The Missing Friendship (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
Ethnography of the University / Ethnography of the University: Focus on Politics 2018 / Undergraduate Ethnography

Blog Post 1: The Missing Friendship (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

By Yiran Li This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. Introduction: According to the data collected in 2016, Chinese international students take up … Continue reading

Collaborative Writing Theme 3: Who is the imagined university student? (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)
Ethnography of the University / Ethnography of the University: Focus on Politics 2018 / Undergraduate Ethnography

Collaborative Writing Theme 3: Who is the imagined university student? (Ethnography of the University 2018: Focus on Politics)

By Tarini Date, Ailin Z.W. Li, Nil Alt Kecik, and Cassandra Gemmell This blog post as part of a series by the students of the University of Toronto Anthropology course ANT473 and ANT6200 Ethnographic Practicum: The University, taught by Prof. Tania Li at the University of Toronto in 2018. Click here for the syllabus. Within the university campus, … Continue reading