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The panels feature active industry practitioners rather than theorists.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
The series borrows from and advances the term psychogeography, coined in 1955 by French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker, and revolutionary Guy Debord to describe the effect that geographical environments have on the emotions and behavior of individuals.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
This genre serves as a powerful tool to help students understand social theory and become theorists themselves.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
In the 1920s, the Bolshevik economic theorist and Communist Party darling Nikolai Bukharin was one of Stalin’s closest allies.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
The series borrows from and advances the term psychogeography, coined in 1955 by French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker, and revolutionary Guy Debord to describe the effect that geographical environments have on the emotions and behavior of individuals.
—Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
This genre serves as a powerful tool to help students understand social theory and become theorists themselves.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
In the 1920s, the Bolshevik economic theorist and Communist Party darling Nikolai Bukharin was one of Stalin’s closest allies.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Theorist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theorist. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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theorist
noun
the·o·rist
ˈthē-ə-rəst 
ˈthi(-ə)r-əst
: a person who theorizes
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