SOCIAL THEORY THROUGH POPULAR CULTURE

The Sociology program at the University of Texas at Arlington will offer a new theory course this Fall (2019) entitled “Social Theory Through Popular Culture.” The course is open to all UTA students. Sociology students can take this in lieu of Sociological Theory (but students can take both theory classes, too!). The idea is to read original theorists (from…Continue Reading SOCIAL THEORY THROUGH POPULAR CULTURE

PRAXIS PROJECTS

Two faculty associated with the Center for Theory have praxis projects – i.e. putting theory to work. First, Dr. Jennifer Millerhas a blog (RaiseThemRighteous) about the role cultural texts, like picture books, play in shaping how we perceive ourselves, the world, and all the people in it (and the animals, environments, ideas, etc.). Dr. Miller regularly blogs about…Continue Reading PRAXIS PROJECTS

FAST CAPITALISM 1.1 ON NEW SITE

An important part of UTA’s Center for Theory is the administration of Fast Capitalism. After hosting the journal on an HTML website since 2005, we are making a big move. We partnered with the UTA Library to develop the website on the Open Journal System (OJS) platform. OJS allows us to bring the journal in-line with other online journal platforms. This…Continue Reading FAST CAPITALISM 1.1 ON NEW SITE