New YYC Ethnography Lab provides experiential insight into lived experiences
Grounded through a ‘learn by doing’ experiential approach, the YYC Ethnography Lab is a new, student-driven, interdisciplinary University of Calgary initiative centering around ethnographic research methods.
The Lab provides workshops, speaker series, resources and experiential learning and research opportunities for U of C students free of charge to enhance and go beyond academia.
Brandon Eby, the undergraduate coordinator, and Pedrom Nasiri, the graduate coordinator, explain what ethnography is and how the initiative began.
Nasiri says that the definition of ethnography is rather “contentious,” and varies depending on the person and application. Generally speaking though, they define it as a qualitative research practice that seeks to understand how individuals and groups are oriented with social phenomena in the everyday world. It typically includes methods like participant observations a