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.
In 2001, David Gauntlett, a professor of media studies in Britain, began mailing out an odd little side project: trading…
On restock day, a certain kind of quiet chaos occurs in a card shop. Customers wait an hour early at…
I lost before I started the first time I attempted to purchase a Pokémon Elite Trainer Box using the standard…
It began with someone staring at a picture for an extended period of time, as these things frequently do. A…
As these things frequently do, it began at the dinner table with a child taking something from a backpack. It’s…
That weekend, the field at City Stadium was empty under a gray Lynchburg sky because the Hill City Howlers were…
Currently, Black Studies departments are using a single, plain index card. Stuart Hall’s main concepts—encoding and decoding, representation, hegemony, and…
The humor is both fully buried and right on the surface. A trading card that depicts Jean Baudrillard, the French…
A Theory11 playing card review’s comment area and a media theory trading card review’s comment section appear to originate from…
For the final twenty years of his life, Zygmunt Bauman wrote volumes about the liquefaction of modern society. Long careers…