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Ethics in Indigenous Research Workshop 2017

The Indigenous Research Ethics Workshop is funded through York University's Provost’s Indigenizing the Academy Initiative and will be held on the Keele campus of York University (5th floor, Kaneff Tower) from 8:30am-5:30pm on Friday, March 16, 2018.

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Contingent Horizons: Student journal

Contingent Horizons: Student journal

Contingent Horizons is York University’s peer-reviewed student journal of anthropology. We aim to showcase scholarly and creative works of academic excellence by undergraduate and graduate students.

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Ethnography of the University Project

Ethnography of the University Project

TRYING THE WAY: ETHNOGRAPHIC GLIMPSES OF YORK UNIVERSITY
In the public media, universities are often targets of anti-intellectual rants; but criticism of universities often comes from people who are not familiar with the complexity of university cultures.

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Pedagogy and Public Anthropology

Please join us for the next Public Anthropology Collaboratory meeting on Tuesday February 13th from 10AM-12PM at York University, HNE 230, (Health, Nursing and Environmental Studies Building, see http://maps.info.yorku.ca/keele-campus/), focusing on the theme of Pedagogy and Public Anthropology, facilitated by Karl Schmid. ams. In a sprit of sharing and brainstorming, the upcoming meeting of the Public Anthropology Collaboratory […]

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The Imaginative Ethnography Symposium: Imagining Canada’s Futures with Romani Refugees & Migrants

The Centre for Imaginative Ethnography (CIE) is pleased to announce “The Imaginative Ethnography Symposium: Imagining Canada’s Futures with Romani Refugees & Migrants” November 9-10, 2017, York University, Toronto, Ontario, curated by Magdalena Kazubowski-HoustonThe symposium will include two keynote addresses, a roundtable panel, and a workshop for graduate students.Keynote Speakers: Professor Ian F. Hancock is an internationally renowned scholar in […]

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York Anthropologists author Ethnographic Methods text

York Anthropology alumni Lynda Mannik and Karen McGarry have published a new text with University of Toronto Press entitled “Practicing Ethnography: A Student Guide to Method and Methodology” (2017). This methods book is theoretically informed but practical in approach, and reflects the challenges and concerns of contemporary ethnography in North America. The authors emphasize an inductive, […]

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Indigenous Research Ethics Workshop

The Indigenous Research Ethics Workshop is funded through York University’s Provost’s Indigenizing the Academy Initiative and will be held on the Keele campus of York University (5th floor, Kaneff Tower) from 8:30am-5:30pm on Friday, March 16, 2018. We anticipate that this Research Ethics Workshop will bring together Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, faculty, undergraduate, and graduate […]

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Contingent Horizons Call for Papers & Peer Reviewers 2017/18

Call for Papers & Peer Reviewers 2017 Call for Papers & Peer Reviewers 2017/18 – Volume 4 Issue 1 Issue Theme: Public Anthropology Contingent Horizons is York University’s peer-reviewed student journal of anthropology. We aim to showcase scholarly and creative works of academic excellence by undergraduate and graduate students. We invite prospective contributors to submit their […]

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ANTH 4130 6.0 The Professional Anthropologist

The Department of Anthropology is pleased to launch this new work-placement course in the 2017-18 academic year. The course aims to give students hands-on experience in applying their ethnographic skills. Applied Anthropology uses the theory and methods of anthropology in the analysis and solution of practical, legal and policy problems for non-academic clients such as governments, […]

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