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Ethnography of the University 2015
Students from Prof. Tania Li’s fall 2015 course entitled ‘Ethnographic Practicum: Ethnography of the University’ compiled blog posts and documents from their experience conducting ethnography of the power structures that shape the University of Toronto. Click on items from the drop-down menu for more information. Continue reading
Calling Socio-cultural Anthropology Undergraduates: Fully Funded Summer Internship in India
Professor Tania Li has received funding from the Dean’s International Initiatives Fund (DIIF) to cover air fare and living costs for 4 students to travel to Kerala, India, for internships at the Centre for Research and Education for Social Transformation (CREST). The commitment is for two months, May-June (2 interns) and July-August (2 interns). Six … Continue reading
Visual Ethnography Meeting Dec 6th
Project Feedback Session December 6th, 5-8pm Ethnography Lab Seminar Room 330 The Ethnography Lab Visual Ethnography group is inviting you to an informal project feedback session. This is an opportunity to present and discuss visual ethnography projects in any stage of completion. A range of visual media is encouraged, including photography, film and video, digital … Continue reading
Magical Objects: A Workshop
Thursday, November 24th, 5-6:30pm The Ethnography Lab is pleased to launch its 2016-2017 Workshop Series. Magical objects are a type of object that are thought to have either intrinsic supernatural powers or the ability to help connect people with a supernatural world in some way. As objects, they can act as potent signifiers, communicating a range of … Continue reading
Workshop: The Afterlife of Fieldnotes
Thursday, October 27th, 5-6:30pm The Ethnography Lab is pleased to launch its 2016-2017 Workshop Series. We (Josephine Smart and Alan Smart) will focus on the afterlife of fieldnotes and their intersections with confidential Hong Kong government documents, rather than their use in the original project for which they were collected. In particular, we will address their current … Continue reading
Collaborative Ethnography in Kensington Market: Emily Hertzman publishes article in Anthropology News
Please click the link below to read the full article: http://www.anthropology-news.org/index.php/2016/09/28/collaborative-ethnography-in-kensington-market/ Continue reading
CREST News Bulletin: May-August 2016
Click on the link below to read the most recent CREST News Bulletin, which features the latest news from the Centre for Research and Education for Social Transformation located in Kerala, India. crest-bulletin-22-may-august-2016 Continue reading
Toronto Metro News article about the Ethnography Lab’s Kensington Market Research
Click on the link below to read a news article about the Ethnography Lab’s Kensington Market Research Project. http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2016/09/23/university-of-toronto-anthropologists-study-kensington.html Continue reading
Ethnography Lab Workshop Series 2016-2017
Ethnographic Objects: Materialities and Meanings The Ethnography Lab is excited to launch its 2016-2017 Workshop Series. This year, the series will focus on experimenting with different techniques for interpreting ethnographic data. Once primary data has been gathered in the field, every ethnographer must grapple with deciding which techniques are best suited to analyzing it before … Continue reading
Visual Ethnography Event Schedule (Fall 2016)
The Ethnography Lab’s visual ethnography group aims to offer hands-on experience in visual research documentation and to promote a thorough understanding of the conceptual, ethical, and stylistic issues involved in this continually evolving methodology. We focus primarily on audio-visual methods, but photography, new media, and other visual input is welcomed. This fall (2016) we will … Continue reading
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