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Agency and Efficacy
Last night I was doing some reading and watching for the upcoming UMD Anthropology Theory Discussion Group session on materiality, embodiment, and non-human agency. I was thinking about this concept...
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Agency and Efficacy Part II
If agency is efficacy (at least in part), then expressing your agency means making a difference (to revitalize a tired trope).
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Agency, Efficacy, and Intentionality
It seems as though every time I’m walking in the woods, I start thinking about the concept of agency and how it pertains to non-humans. This is because, when I’m in the woods, what I notice most is the...
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After a brief discussion with Phillip and Levi (see my original post, Phillip’s response, and Levi’s response), I’ve realized that I prefer a broken down conception of agency – the concept broken into...
View ArticleThe Social of Nature
I’ve been following an interesting discussion of Facebook where Levi Bryant says that the way to eliminate essentialism is not to erase “nature” and make everything “cultural”, but rather to embrace...
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