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“Meet Our Lab”: 2021-22 academic year kickoff
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“Meet Our Lab”: 2021-22 academic year kickoff

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We invite you to meet our lab members, hear about current projects and upcoming events, and imagine with us what ethnography might be.

Please join the Ethnography Lab (EL) for an informal introduction to our lab members and their current projects. Special guest, Dr. William Stafford, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Visual Studies (UTM), an affiliate at EL, will be offering a mini lecture on his recent work in India. We will also hear from current Working Groups at EL and about upcoming events at EL for the 2021-22 academic year.
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Politics and the University: An Ethnographic Inquiry
Ethnography in Canada / Events / Public / Updates

Politics and the University: An Ethnographic Inquiry

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A conference brought to you by the Ethnography Lab, practicum students (ANT473 and ANT 6200), and Prof Tania Li. The conference program is available here. Date: Thursday December 6 Time: 1:00PM-5:00PM Location: University of Toronto Anthropology Department, 19 Russell Street Toronto, Room AP 246 Is our university a hot bed of political activism, or is it … Continue reading →

Calling Socio-cultural Anthropology Undergraduates: Fully Funded Summer Internship in India
Kerala 2017 / Updates

Calling Socio-cultural Anthropology Undergraduates: Fully Funded Summer Internship in India

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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
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Visual Ethnography Meeting Dec 6th

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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 →

Workshop: The Afterlife of Fieldnotes
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Workshop: The Afterlife of Fieldnotes

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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 →

Ethnography Lab Workshop Series 2016-2017
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Ethnography Lab Workshop Series 2016-2017

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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 →