Browsing: Theory Cards
Theory Cards – This blog is dedicated to exploring the world of Theory Trading Cards, the groundbreaking educational resource originally created by David Gauntlett at theory.org.uk. From Theodor Adorno to bell hooks, we break down the ideas of the most influential cultural, media, and social theorists — one card at a time. Perfect for students, teachers, and lifelong learners.
There is a certain type of object that is somewhere between serious and funny. Something that makes you not sure…
A Pokémon card is in a glass case in the back of an American pawn shop right now. There’s nothing…
Certain types of loss don’t make themselves known very loudly. There was no harm. Not a single landmark fell. Somewhere…
In the minutes before something big happens, there’s a certain kind of quiet that settles over a casino floor. The…
Putting “Pokémon collection” and “college tuition” together in the same sentence seems almost silly. Still, that sentence came true for…
The chat starts about twenty seconds into a live card break on Twitch or YouTube. A person carefully and almost…
Something about a shipment of $2 million worth of cardboard rectangles printed with cartoon animals going missing between one port…
When trust breaks down slowly over time in ways that no one noticed, there is a certain kind of silence…
There is a stack of Pokémon cards waiting to be looked at somewhere, and it might be yours. Not lost…
There’s something off about walking down the aisle of Father’s Day cards. Every year, the same jokes about drunk people,…