| Affiliations: | Aggie Research Mentoring Program |
| Project Leader: | Megan Crutcher crutcherm@tamu.edu Anthropology |
| Faculty Mentor: | B. Kofi Nutor, Ph.D. |
| Meeting Times: | Likely W 11:45-1:00pm (preferred) or F 1:00-2:00pm |
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Team Size:
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6 |
| Open Spots: | 0 |
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Special Opportunities:
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Members of the research team will have the opportunity to gain familiarity with historical archaeology research, oral history procedures and methods, archival research, and research process. They are likely to interact with historians, archaeologists, and stakeholders from other institutions or international contexts. There is also a strong potential for coauthorship on publications, for conference presentation and attendance, and a possibility of funded research positions in the future.
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Team Needs:
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Required Skills: Organized, detail oriented, responsive, and creative (whatever creativity means to you); Proficient in Microsoft Office suite, especially Word; Computer literacy and access to a computer; typing; Ability to work with minimal supervision; independent problem solving; Professional communication; enthusiasm and willingness to learn.It’s a major plus (but not required) if you have any of the following skills: Fluency or familiarity with foreign languages, especially African languages; Audio transcription experience; Prior use of citation software such as EndNote, Zotero, RefWorks, etc.; Statistics; experience with R or R Studio; experience with Excel; Knowledge of African history, art history, historical archaeology, anthropological archaeology, oral history, archives; Interested in culture, history, society, politics, and/or economics. |
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Description:
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This project investigates the history and archaeology of specific regions and themes in coastal West Africa. We use a variety of approaches and sources–from oral history, to museum collections, to statistical analysis, to photographs, to field and lab data collection and analysis–to look at how our globalized, modern world has been shaped by West Africans on the Atlantic coast from the period between 1492 to the present.Some of the collaborative, dynamic projects and skills our research team will work on this semester could include:-oral histories with elders from Liberia-statistical analysis of social/demographic data-analysis of museum objects from around the world-historical research on countries in West Africa and Europe-3D modeling, photogrammetry, or other digital reconstruction |