The Innovative Anthropologies Lab (InnoAnth) at Texas State University is a laboratory and network of researchers dedicated to cultural and linguistic anthropologies that take up applied, public, activist, and community-based research aimed to produce impactful and actionable insights.
The Innovative Anthropologies Lab
Being Innovative
Being innovative isn’t just about generating new ideas but also following those ideas out into the communities that live with them to. Real impacts happen among the improvisations of social life. Thus, as innovative anthropologists, we seek to broaden and support diverse forms of doing and communicating anthropology to build iterative and collaborative relationships for ongoing responsive innovation. We support research and learningto help businesses, organizations, and communities better understand how ideas become social realities. And, we strategize better ways of engaging social improvisation as we seek social, economic, and environmental justice and improvements in our communities.
The Lab
The physical space of the InnoAnth lab is located in the Evans Liberal Arts building at Texas State University, Room 261. The space is a hub for researchers interested in cultural and linguistic anthropology, public anthropology, and the innovative use of technologies and multimodal production in anthropology research. The lab offers technology and equipment for students, faculty, and our collaborators to use in research, learning, and experimentation. During our open hours, any TXST student or researcher may visit the lab to learn and use equipment and computers, collaborate with our members, and learn about our community and research. Research members may access the lab outside of open hours and check-out equipment for use in their research.
The Lab Network
Our community is more than just a room. The lab network consists of online resources and services to support and promote the learning and research that takes place in the lab. This includes a member portal, weekly newsletter, events, mentorship and collaboration classifieds, a member generated knowledge base, and more to come. Network members and research members have full access to all network resources.
Learn More
Read about our circular community, our "both...and" values, and committment to a safe and welcoming environment for uncomfortable learning.
Get Involved
Find out about what InnoAnth membership means and how your can get involved in our community.
MEMBER PORTAL
Already an InnoAnth member? Log into our member portal to access our events, equipment reservations, lab tutorials, and community classifieds.
INNOANTH EVENTS
InnoAnth Lab events are curated by our members. There is no single person responsible for scheduling and planning events. Instead, any member may choose one our our event formats and propose an event.