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The Center for Theory’s Director, Dr. David Arditi, recently published an article in Popular Music and Society. (2018). Digital Subscriptions: The Unending Consumption of Music in the Digital Era. Popular Music and Society: Vol. 41, No. 3, pp. 302-318. Source: Digital Subscriptions: The Unending Consumption of Music in the Digital Era…Continue Reading DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS: THE UNENDING CONSUMPTION OF MUSIC IN THE DIGITAL ERA

October 17, 2018 Noon in University Hall 432…Continue Reading MIRIAM ROWNTREE COLLOQUIUM – (DIS)COMPOSED DWELLING: WRITING RUINS OF DISASTER

October 31, 2018 Noon in COBA 239 What is the role of social theory in the information age? What kinds of theories are best suited to analyzing the social uses of digital technologies, and for using digital technologies in new ways to study the social? In this talk I will attempt to contribute to several ongoing conversations…Continue Reading GABE IGNATOW – COLLOQUIUM – SOCIAL THEORY IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Fast Capitalism 15.1 We are happy to announce Fast Capitalism’s newest release, issue 15.1. Housed in the University of Texas at Arlington’s Center for Theory since 2005, Fast Capitalism has worked to serve as an interdisciplinary academic journal for the social sciences and humanities. For now thirteen years, fifteen volumes, and nineteen issues (with a 1.2 issue in 2005, a 2.2 issue…Continue Reading FAST CAPITALISM 15.1

Colloquium 2018-19 Lonny Harrison – September 19 – UH 432 “Reaping the Storm: Responses to Soviet Authoritarianism in Russian Literature and Mass Culture” Modern Languages – UTA Miriam Rowntree – October 17 – UH 432 “(Dis)Composed Dwelling: Writing Ruins of Disaster” English – UTA Gabe Ignatow– October 31 – ‎COBA ‎239 “Social Theory in the Digital Age” Sociology – University…Continue Reading FALL 2018 COLLOQUIUM SERIES