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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 14h

Looking forward to our in-person event at USC on Monday October 12th with Dr. Timothy Neale! For more information, go to our website: ethnographystudio.org/how-to-contr...

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you are in the L.A. area, reminder to RSVP by October 1st for our upcoming book event with Dr. Timothy Neale! bit.ly/ESNeale

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If you are in the LA area, please join us for our first event of the academic year! We are thrilled to be hosting Dr. Timothy Neale to speak about his new book “How to Control Fire on a Burning Continent”. To RSVP and find out more information use this link: ethnographystudio.org/how-to-contr...

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Interested in hearing about our upcoming events? Sign up for our newsletter by following this link bit.ly/ethnostudio

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

On March 23rd we are welcoming Dr. Marcos Lopes Campos (Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning, CEBRAP) for a “Work in Progress” session on his paper Infrastructural Aporia: data politics and temporal governance in the metropolitan train system in Rio de Janeiro.

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

We look forward to hosting Dr. Paige West on USC campus this Wednesday! This will be a space for exploring with Dr. West the sustained joys and challenges of working ethnographically with family.

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The 2026 Studio Days, hosted by the Ethnography Studio brings ethnographers together for a series of hands-on sessions focused on ethnographic engagement with “models”.

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

What is the place of facts in the 21st century? How do facts shape the future of collective life? Is a new genre of facts emerging? Join us on Thursday September 4th, 2025 at 9am PT for “The Future of Facts in Latin America” publications virtual launch.

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Wrapping up our spring events recap, in January we held a peer-to-peer mentoring roundtable to support Anthropology PhD students at USC Dornsife. The facilitators were former and current Ethnography Studio members, @katieulrich.bsky.social mulrich, Melanie Ford, and Yesmar Oyarzun.

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Adding to our recap of spring events: Studio fellow @emmajahodabrown.bsky.social ran a remarkable event at the Society for Cultural Anthropology Biennial, facilitating the workshop “An Ethnographic Moment: Poetry for Anthropologists.”

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

More from our spring recap: in March, we hosted a workshop and talk by Dr. Lisa Messeri @Yale titled “Place: Real, Unreal, Hyperreal.” ethnographystudio.org/happenings/p...

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

At the end of March we explored more-than-empirical representations in a workshop about speculative ethnography with Dr. Steven Gonzalez @goetheuni.bsky.social. Read more about the event here: ethnographystudio.org/happenings/s...

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

How do we observe all the semiotic communities that inhabit our worlds? At the link below read the recap of our April conversation with the President of the Wenner-Gren Foundation, Dr. Danilyn Rutherford. ethnographystudio.org/happenings/b...

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Continuing our spring events recap, in April we learned how children and puppets as proxies bring to life ideologies of childhood and visions of a rosy future. Dr. Meghanne Barker presented her 2025 book “Throw Your Voice: Suspended Animations in Kazakhstani Childhoods”.

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Our main event this spring was the 2025 Ethnographic Studio Salon: Interference with Dr. Meghanne Barker, Dr. Jenny Chio, and Dr. Juno Salazar Parreñas @youknowjuno.bsky.social, @aballes2.bsky.social, @katieulrich.bsky.social, @emmajahodabrown.bsky.social

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Join us for the 2025 Ethnographic Salon on the theme of INTERFERENCE. Feat. our fantastic guests Meghanne Barker, Jenny Chio, and Juno Salazar Parreñas. Hybrid roundtable on April 11, 3pm PT. In USC MCB 102 or register for Zoom link bit.ly/Salon_2025. @aballes2.bsky.social

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Join us in two weeks for a talk by Dr. Lisa Messeri (Yale) on her new book, "In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles" (Duke U Press, 2024). Taking place in-person on March 11, noon-1:30pm, at USC's Taper Hall (THH) 309K. @aballes2.bsky.social

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Along with colleagues from Fixing Futures (Goethe University) and the Labyrinth Project (UCLA), we thought together about "transitional devices" encountered by ethnographers. Find a recap of the event here: ethnographystudio.org/happenings/m... @aballes2.bsky.social

Event poster: in the background, a pixelated image of a mountain in blue tones against a black backdrop. The poster text is white and says, "Missing, Underappreciated, Found: Thinking about ethnographic objects. A workshop feat. Labyrinth Project (UCLA), Fixing Futures (Goethe University), and Expanding the Social World Downwards (USC). September 27, 2024. 9am-12:30pm. USC Taper Hall 309K."

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 02/07/2024

Curious how to bind your own book? This past semester we did a book-making workshop with Cardboard House Press, a collective working in the Cartonera tradition of book making that emerged from Latin America in the early 2000s. Check it out here! ethnographystudio.org/happenings/b...

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

The Ethnography Studio is co-sponsoring a talk by Jeffrey Kahn (UC Davis) on Monday at noon at USC (Kap 445); if you're in LA, please join us!

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 27/02/2024

In less than a week! -- Join us for the 8th annual Ethnographic Salon, "Shifting Matter(s), Slippery Maps," featuring Annette Kim (USC) and @shannonmattern.bsky.social (UPenn), hybrid roundtable on Monday March 4, 3p PT. Zoom registration: bit.ly/salon2024

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

We are so excited to share the details for our 8th annual Ethnographic Salon, featuring Annette Kim (USC) and Shannon Mattern (UPenn). Join us on March 4, 3p PT for a roundtable on "shifting matter(s), slippery maps," which will follow our student workshop that morning. @aballes2.bsky.social

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Join the Ethnography Studio for a casual coffee hour at the AAAs! All are welcome. Friday Nov 17 3:30-4:30; we'll be gathering at the tables/chairs outside TMCC-713 / South Cafe.

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