Category: Anthropology of Conspiracy Theory
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Discussion: “‘The News’: Rumor or Propaganda
Anth 475 (R) Anthropology of Conspiracy Theory Read and watch from one of the following selections on either “Rumor” or “Propaganda.” 1. Rumor Read: Silverstein, P.A. (2002). An Excess of Truth: Violence, Conspiracy Theorizing and the Algerian Civil War. Anthropological Quarterly 75(4): 643-674. or Bubandt, N. (2008). Rumors, Pamphlets, and the Politics of Paranoia in Indonesia. The Journal of…
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Discussion: Chemtrails, Climate, and Flat Earth
Anth 475 (R) Anthropology of Conspiracy Theory Choose one of the three topics below (chemtrails, climate denialism, or flat earth): Resources on chemtrails conspiracy theories Read: Vine, M., and M. Carey. (2017). Mimesis and Conspiracy. Cambridge Journal of Anthropology 35(2) 47–64. Nagle, A. (2016, Oct. 7). The Great American Chemtrail. Current Affairs. Resources on climate change…
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Discussion: Satanists and the Illuminati in the Culture Industry
Anth 475 (R) Anthropology of Conspiracy Theory Watch: Polyphonic. (2017, Oct. 26). Deals with the Devil: A Brief Musical History. Polyphonic. Rolling Stone (2017, Nov. 6). Paul McCartney is Dead Conspiracy Theory, Explained. Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone. (2017, Oct. 3). The David Bowie & Kanye West Conspiracy Theory, Explained. Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone (Tupac Shakur’s Unsolved…
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Discussion: UFOs
Anth 475 (R) Anthropology of Conspiracy Theory Read: Crews, F.C. (1998, Jun. 25). The Mindsnackers. The New York Review of Books [w/ responses and reply]. Watch: Wootson, C. (2017, Dec. 19). What we know—and don’t know—about aliens and UFOs. Washington Post. Vice. (2013, Oct. 21). Alien & UFO Historian Claims Huge Conspiracy. Vice. Vice. (2015,…
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Discussion: Vince Foster, Seth Rich, and Sean Hannity
Anth 475 (R) Anthropology of Conspiracy Theory Watch: Strikethrough. (2017, Nov. 22). How Trump turned Sean Hannity into a conspiracy theorist. Vox. Read: Selk, A. (2017, May 22). In the debunked story on a DNC staffer’s death, a whiff of a Clinton-era conspiracy theory. Washington Post. Lewis, B. (2017, May 31). “Mind control,” “shadow government,”…