Archive for January, 2007

CT reading group 23/Jan/07

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

This week's CT reading group was more about what Cultural Theory can deal with and how we can understand it rather than the book 'Cultural Theory'.

There are two main questions;

- Based on social constructivism, how can we understand the words/terms/concepts used in arguments. For example, Cultural Theory explains how different cultural bias construct [...]

Cultural Theory Reading Group, 03.01.2007

Thursday, January 4th, 2007

The following is a summary of the discussion we had on this week’s reading: “Cultural Theory” by Thompson, Ellis and Wildavsky.
The session started with an overview by Mike of the three analytical levels supporting Cultural Theory: social relations, cultural biases and relational strategies. Human beings can transact in different ways and hold different constructions [...]

A reading group set up initially by the James Martin Institute for Science and Civilization doctoral students to discuss cultural theory texts