Brown bag lunch on Repurposed Methods
25/04/24On Wednesday, November 22nd 2023, Anna Harris was invited to give a talk for a brown bag lunch at The Ethnography Lab and Centre for Sensory Studies, Concordia University. In her presentation on “Repurposed Methods”, she discussed repurposing – the use of something in new ways – in the context of her new research project on upcycling in hospitals.
Together with attendees, Anna explored different methodological approaches in-development for her project. She spoke about what it means to make ethnographic materials available to others (re-use) or to use the open data sets of others in one’s own work (recycling). Particularly relevant to her upcycling project, Anna tackled the question of how ethnographers can bring making methods, such as workshops or exhibitions, into their research projects.
For ethnographers intending to employ open data sets or making methodologies in their work, the discussion was of much interest.