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Assignment: My Conspiracy Theory (Due May 28)
Anth 475 (R) ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSPIRACY Who is your Pepe Silvia? Instructions: Write a personal essay about a conspiracy theory you were, or are, sympathetic too. Your essay should be at least 500 words (approx. 2.1 pages) and double-spaced in Times New Roman in 12 sized font. Your essay is worth 60 points and is…
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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,…