Theory is the New Black!

This is the blog for Wake Forest University's Anthropological Theory class for Spring 2014. Get ready for challenging, probing, insightful sociocultural critiques to challenge everything you know about culture and being human!

Wednesday, April 23, 2014

Examining Earth Day through Practice Theory and Postmodernism

As some of you might know, Earth Day took place yesterday on April 22 nd . Worldwide, since its inception in 1970, the day has been abo...

A (positive) Critique on Appadurai

In his work, "Disjuncture and Difference in the Global Cultural Economy," Arjun Appadurai sets forth several comments about cultu...

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Boston Marathon Bombing Via Anthropology

One week ago marked a very special anniversary. It was not the kind of anniversary that we celebrate with smiles, laughter, and our dri...

The Complexity and Deception of "Knowledge"

An Analysis of “A Crisis of Representation in the Human Sciences” by George E. Marcus and Michael M.J. Fischer Marcus and Fischer bring...

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