Texas State Department of Anthropology

Texas State signed an Inter-Government Support Agreement with Fort Campbell and the United States Army for a project led by Todd Ahlman and the Center for Archaeological Studies that is worth $28 million over the next ten years.

Primatology PhD Candidate receives research grant from the Primate Society of Great Britian Katie Gerstner, from the Pruetz Lab, received a small research grant to support her dissertation research, "Examining Seasonality and Anthropogenic Effects on Western Chimpanzee Gut Microbiomes (Pan troglodytes verus) in Savanna Habitat." This research aims to investigate ecological impacts on gut microbiomes of endangered savanna chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes verus) in Senegal by examining how anthropogenic and seasonality affects microbial composition patterns in two savanna chimpanzee communities. By elucidating the presence and transmission dynamics of pathogens derived from savanna biomes, this research will fill a missing gap that is needed to fully understand what shapes a healthy chimpanzee microbiome. https://lnkd.in/gmBw8CzR

?? The Innovative Anthropologies Lab @TXST is now accepting member applications for Spring 2025. ?? Applications Due January 24. The InnoAnth Lab offers: ????co-working space, ???equipment, ??shared knowledge, and ??mentorship for TXST anthropologists interested in cultural and linguistic anthropologies or innovating anthropology's methods and communication. ??Learn More: https://lnkd.in/geRnpFkF or ??Apply Now: https://go.txstate.edu/W1T

New Publication from Dr. VandenBroek, "Tactics for Anthropology + Design Beyond the Academic & Applied Binary" As a first-generation scholar, Dr. Angela K. VandenBroek's ambitions have always necessitated a patchwork career in parallel to her anthropological education. From customer service through to web development, these professional experiences have been shaped by her growth as an anthropologist and vice versa. This chapter is a reflection, inspired by teaching applied anthropology students at Texas State University, that explores what she learned tacking between theoretical anthropology and applied anthropology and how this tacking became an intertwining praxis at the intersection of design, technology, and anthropology. First, she argues that anthropology is not a career path that can only lead down one of two divergent roads: “academic” or “applied.” Rather, it is a way of thinking; it is a critical and ethical commitment; it is an ability to sit comfortably with intolerable complexity of social life and make sense of it;; and it is a curiosity and engagement with anthropological conversations. Second, she outlines a series of tactics for building a more productive and impactful anthropological praxis from this perspective. She contextualizes these tactics as not merely ways to “get things done” but also as a way of testing, extending, and expanding anthropological understandings of design so that we may also “do some good.” https://lnkd.in/gGuMpUJt

The Archaeology Club had a full day event of creating and cooking in an earth oven, making sandals, flint knapping, and listening to presentations on various archaeological topics.

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