Thing Theory is a critical framework within material culture studies that examines the agency, ambiguity, and relational dynamics of nonhuman objects in human experience, distinguishing itself from other material practice theories by focusing on the moments when things resist or exceed their categorization as mere inert objects.
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Jane Bennett · Political Theory · 2004 · 834 citations
The Empire of Things: Regimes of Value and Material Culture
Janet Hoskins · American Ethnologist · 2002 · 503 citations
Kit Fine · Midwest Studies in Philosophy · 1999 · 319 citations
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University of Salford
Salford, United Kingdom
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California Southern University
Chandler, United States
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522 citations
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
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University of Pittsburgh
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University of Notre Dame
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University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, United States
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Barnard College
New York, United States
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Leverhulme Trust
London, United Kingdom
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