Angela K. VandenBroek, PhD
@akvbroek.bsky.social
Anthropologist of Innovation (and all the hype that entails) | Asst Prof of Anthro, TXST | Director of InnoAnth Lab | CASTAC Web Producer | She/Her | ak.vbroek.org | All Opinions My Own
🫶 The Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, & Computing has been promoting the anthropology technoscience since 1991 with an all volunteer staff generating a blog, podcast, mentorship network, spring conference, and much more!
May 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
🫶 The Committee for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, & Computing has been promoting the anthropology technoscience since 1991 with an all volunteer staff generating a blog, podcast, mentorship network, spring conference, and much more!
I love these days where we come together, faculty and students, to celebrate our achievements and time together @txst.anthro 💜
May 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I love these days where we come together, faculty and students, to celebrate our achievements and time together @txst.anthro 💜
We don't always have the power, energy, finances, or representation to meaningfully affect national level problems. But where ever we can, it is so important to build care and solidarity in our communities—in whatever way is most appropriate and effective.
March 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
We don't always have the power, energy, finances, or representation to meaningfully affect national level problems. But where ever we can, it is so important to build care and solidarity in our communities—in whatever way is most appropriate and effective.
"I believe anyone should be allowed to critique or engage in knowledge production at any stage." —Me, in this thread.
I don't feel that we are having a productive dialogue at this point, as you've repeatedly misrepresented the plain-text of what I've said repeatedly. So, this is where I exit. 🚪👋
I don't feel that we are having a productive dialogue at this point, as you've repeatedly misrepresented the plain-text of what I've said repeatedly. So, this is where I exit. 🚪👋
February 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"I believe anyone should be allowed to critique or engage in knowledge production at any stage." —Me, in this thread.
I don't feel that we are having a productive dialogue at this point, as you've repeatedly misrepresented the plain-text of what I've said repeatedly. So, this is where I exit. 🚪👋
I don't feel that we are having a productive dialogue at this point, as you've repeatedly misrepresented the plain-text of what I've said repeatedly. So, this is where I exit. 🚪👋
The problem isn't that researchers dedicating their time and energy to work through immensely complex and meaningful issues can't reduce them to a 6th grade reading level (for the average American) at every step of the process and before they're thoroughly understood and interrogated.
February 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The problem isn't that researchers dedicating their time and energy to work through immensely complex and meaningful issues can't reduce them to a 6th grade reading level (for the average American) at every step of the process and before they're thoroughly understood and interrogated.
...restricting access to quality education with property taxes and excessive tuition, the inequitable distribution of privilege of time and energy, and so much more.
February 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
...restricting access to quality education with property taxes and excessive tuition, the inequitable distribution of privilege of time and energy, and so much more.
I believe anyone should be allowed to critique or engage in knowledge production at any stage. The problem is that many societies (including the US where I am) do not provide equitable access to flows of knowledge production—by hiding research behind corporate interests, ...
February 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I believe anyone should be allowed to critique or engage in knowledge production at any stage. The problem is that many societies (including the US where I am) do not provide equitable access to flows of knowledge production—by hiding research behind corporate interests, ...
This usually arrives alongside heuristics, metaphors and vocab that capture the complexity of the phenomena in a way that it is more digestible to ppl who don't have the time or desire to dedicate to an expert level understanding but do want to know how to deploy these ideas in decision-making.
February 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
This usually arrives alongside heuristics, metaphors and vocab that capture the complexity of the phenomena in a way that it is more digestible to ppl who don't have the time or desire to dedicate to an expert level understanding but do want to know how to deploy these ideas in decision-making.
Knowledge is never "finished" but we do often reach (uneasy) consensus (knowing that it can always be upended by new perspectives, ideas and data) that stabilizes ideas for application and use.
February 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Knowledge is never "finished" but we do often reach (uneasy) consensus (knowing that it can always be upended by new perspectives, ideas and data) that stabilizes ideas for application and use.
Yes please! Realistically, I won't have time until the summer but it sounds fantastic.
February 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Yes please! Realistically, I won't have time until the summer but it sounds fantastic.