U of T News has published an article titled Researchers examine how commercial change is reshaping Toronto’s Kensington Market. For the original research conducted by Dr. Farzaneh Hemmasi, Dr. Emily Hertzman visit this link at the U of T School of Cities website.
All our events are free, open to the public, and take place in the Ethnography Lab boardroom, AP 330, 19 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto, Ontario. Light refreshments will be served. Hybrid events are announced in advance.
Please join us for a series of sustained conversations about how anthropological and ethnographic methods can be used to study artificial intelligence. All our events are free, open to the public, and take place in the Ethnography Lab boardroom, AP 330, 19 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto, Ontario. Light refreshments will be served. Hybrid events are …
As part of our 2nd Annual Ethnography Lab Speaker Series, we are pleased to welcome Bronwyn Frey to share her experience and insights on conducting ethnography among Toronto’s Caribbean community. This project uses ethnographic methods of participant observation and interviews to explore the masquerade (mas) band ‘Euphoria’ which participated in the 2015 edition of the … Continue reading
Student Fieldsites 2015 Anna Shortly Goldring Student Centre, Victoria College Cat’s Eye in the Goldring Student Centre, Victoria College OISE Auditorium University of Toronto Students’ Union, 12 Hart House Circle University of Toronto Archives, Robarts Library Croft Chapter House, University College Henry Lee Heinonen Hart House Health and Wellness Centre (Koffler) New College Laura Beach … Continue reading
Allen, John. 2011. Lost geographies of power. Vol. 79. John Wiley & Sons. Althusser, L. (2006). Ideology and ideological state apparatuses (notes towards an investigation). The anthropology of the state: A reader, 86-111. Anderson, Leon. “Analytic Autoethnography.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 35, no. 4 (August 2006): 373-395. Bourdieu, P. (2003). Participant Objectivation*. Journal of the … Continue reading
How did We Arrive Where We Are? Introduction By Saania Punja As we began studying power in the University, we were pointed to various spaces on campus that could potentially be an area of interest for us, and although some already knew the direction that we were going to take, others were still feeling lost. … Continue reading
How did We Arrive Where We Are? Introduction By Saania Punja As we began studying power in the University, we were pointed to various spaces on campus that could potentially be an area of interest for us, and although some already knew the direction that we were going to take, others were still feeling lost. … Continue reading
What We can Learn from Documents Introduction By Jennifer Su Since we conducted our ethnography in a university setting, you may find that some of us do not spend much time talking about the difficulties in learning a new language, integrating ourselves into a family unit, or learning the particular cultural customs of the groups … Continue reading
What We Tried, Where We Stumbled, What Worked, and Dilemmas that Emerged Introduction By Alexandre Ethnographic fieldwork is a unique way of doing research where one has to use their own body as their main tool of research. By putting themselves in a place where people interact as part of their lives, ethnographers try to … Continue reading
The Ethnography Lab is pleased to welcome Dr. Barbara McGrath to speak about ethnographic methods in the context of market research. Join us in the Ethnography Lab Seminar Room, located in the Anthropology Building, room 330, on Friday, February 12th, 5-6pm for a stimulating discussion. More than a decade ago, the ethnographic method started to … Continue reading
Introduction By Sarom In the introduction to her book, The Will to Empower: Democratic Citizens and Other Subjects (1999), Barbara Cruikshank draws out a memorable ethnographic vignette of what her attention to “small things” was able to afford her. Around 1989, Cruikshank noticed one day that the garbage bins in her neighborhood had new padlocks. … Continue reading
PART 1: THEORIES OF POWER Introduction By Jessica Broe-Vayda How do we begin an analysis of power in the university? Over the course of the last three months, our research collective has attempted to disentangle a variety of practices, techniques, relations, modes of action, discourses, and administrative initiatives in order to trace how the university … Continue reading
