FROM INQUIRY MAGAZINE, FALL 2015. On May 2, 2000, Lars Ulrich, drummer for the band Metallica, announced that his group was suing Napster, a free file-sharing service that let fans download music online. During the press conference outside Napster’s headquarters, Ulrich presented the company with a giant stack of papers listing the names of 300,000 Napster users. His…Continue Reading OUT OF TUNE: HOW RECORD COMPANIES INDUCE PANIC ABOUT MUSIC PIRACY TO INCREASE THEIR PROFITS AND EXPLOIT ARTISTS
Year: 2019
INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR CULTURE HAS ONE OF THE “8 AWESOME ELECTIVES”
The Center for Theory‘s flagship class (Introduction to Popular Culture – SOCI 1310) made the 8 Awesome Electives to Take This Fall list on UTA’s Social Blog. This class is a core curriculum class that fulfills the Language, Philosophy & Culture requirement at UTA. We’re offering it online this Fall and Summer. This course goes well with a brand new class in Sociology:…Continue Reading INTRODUCTION TO POPULAR CULTURE HAS ONE OF THE “8 AWESOME ELECTIVES”
FAST CAPITALISM 2.2 NOW AVAILABLE ON THE NEW WEBSITE
Fast Capitalism 2.2 is now available on our new website. This issue had several sections including two symposiums: “Symposium on Animal Rights” and “Symposium on The Domination of Nature and Utopia.” VOL 2, NO 2 (2007) FAST CAPITALISM 2.2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Full Issue PDF Front Matter PDF Editorial Board PDF About the Authors PDF SYMPOSIUM ON…Continue Reading FAST CAPITALISM 2.2 NOW AVAILABLE ON THE NEW WEBSITE
“AURA AND TIME” AND TIM RICHARDSON’S UPCOMING COLLOQUIUM
Recently, Associate Professor of English Dr. Timothy Richardson published a piece entitled “Aura and Time.” The piece is in a special issue of Field Guide entitled “Where can we locate Walter Benjamin’s legacy in the digital to post-digital landscape?“. Dr. Richardson will also be presenting for the Center for Theory‘s Colloquium on Wednesday, April 17 at Noon in University Hall 432 at the University of…Continue Reading “AURA AND TIME” AND TIM RICHARDSON’S UPCOMING COLLOQUIUM
#WEAREVIRGINIATECH 12 YEARS AFTER THE VIRGINIA TECH TRAGEDY
In 2007, a school shooting at a university of such magnitude shocked the world. Now, this seems sadly routine. When Cho opened fire on the Virginia Tech campus, the community reeled and the news media descended on the college town of Blacksburg, Virginia. Shortly thereafter, Dr. Timothy Luke, University Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Virginia…Continue Reading #WEAREVIRGINIATECH 12 YEARS AFTER THE VIRGINIA TECH TRAGEDY