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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

Participants will read Dr. Campos’ paper in preparation for discussion which will begin with comments by Prof. Joanne Nucho (Anthropology USC). For more information on this event, please go to our website! ethnographystudio.org/wip-insfrast...

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Works in Progress Series: Infrastructural Aporia 2026 – The Ethnography Studio

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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

How to work/collaborate/mobilize with people we love? How do we consider the challenges and possibilities that emerge when the work of thinking and doing is not severed from pre-existing interpersonal responsibilities?

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The Ethnography Studio – The Ethnography Studio at USC brings together ethnographers from a broad array of disciplines and approaches–from arts to engineering, anthropology to education, computer scie...

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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

What makes a model a tool or object of ethnographic research? What can models allow us to envision or prevent us from seeing? What are the limitations and possibilities of models in ethnographic projects?

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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 · 25/02/2026

We asked: where does property exist? In a thing or an idea? What are the values, assumptions, or benefits of ownership? To investigate these questions we brought together 15 participants to discuss how issues of property arise in their work.

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

During the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting, held in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Ethnography Studio and the architecture firm Multistudio hosted a collaborative workshop to think about the relationship between property and materiality.

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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 · 28/08/2025

Members of the Future of Facts working group will reflect on these questions and two key outcomes of this collaboration: a thematic cluster in the journal Tapuya: Latin American Science, Technology and Society, and a blog series on Cultural Anthropology’s Theorizing the Contemporary.

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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

At this event Dr. Messeri shared her fieldwork experience with graduate students and presented her book "In the Land of the Unreal: Virtual and Other Realities in Los Angeles". @dukepress.bsky.social

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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

We commented on some excerpts from her forthcoming book, "Beautiful Mystery" by Duke University Press.

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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

Read more about the event and students' work we discussed here: ethnographystudio.org/happenings/e...

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Interference: Salon 2025 – Ethnography Studio

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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 · 31/05/2025

We had an amazing spring full of events and visitors! We'll be posting over the next several weeks about some of our favorite moments.

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

Our main event this spring was the 2025 Ethnographic 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 · 10/04/2025

This is happening tomorrow (April 11) at 3pm PT! Please join us.

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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 Atelier @ethnoat.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

On April 8, join our seminar to learn about Mike Lee's (INSEAD) research project about how four organizations temporarily centralized while upholding their commitments to decentralization 👀🔎✨ Register here: www.ethnographyatelier.org/seminars/dur... #qualitativeresearch #ethnography

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The Ethnography Atelier @ethnoat.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

On April 15th, we are hosting Ruthanne Huising (ESSEC), Samantha Ortiz Casillas (Nova), and Marjolaine Rostain (Warwick Business School) for a #workshop on #writing #fieldnotes 🖋️ Join us to learn about the dos, donts, and whys of fieldnotes, join us ✨🎉 www.ethnographyatelier.org/workshops-1/...

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Join us tomorrow for this talk with Dr. Lisa Messeri!

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The project is also supported by USC's Center on Science, Technology, and Public Life; the Center for Latinx and Latin American Studies; the Ethnography Studio; and the office of the Divisional Dean for Social Sciences.

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The Ethnography Studio @ethnographystudio.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

The Future of Facts in Latin America is a @ssrc.org funded project. Learn more about it here: sites.usc.edu/futureoffacts/

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Future of Facts in Latin America – El futuro de los hechos en América Latina

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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 Atelier @ethnoat.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Reviewing is an art 🎨 As we will soon receive our assignments to #review for #AOM2025, we are refreshing our skills by watching Lisa Cohen's workshop on the subject and reading Audrey Holm's commentary ♥️ 📼 www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmBA... 🖋️ www.ethnographyatelier.org/post/behind-...

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The Art of Reviewing: Constructing Constructive Reviews

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

Thanks to Ethnography Studio Fellows @aline-bravo.bsky.social and Emma Jahoda-Brown for writing the recap!

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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 · 13/12/2024

What happens when instead of always focusing on the results of ethnographic analysis, we stay curious about our modes of engagement with the myriad objects that populate fieldwork? In September we gathered to consider questions like this...

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