ERC Starting Grant · 2024
An anthropological study of truth wars from marginalized standpoints
While scientific evidence indicates that conspiracy-theory beliefs are more prevalent among the socioeconomically disadvantaged, this correlation has not been systematically and comparatively investigated. How can such a correlation be understood, without stigmatizing low-status groups? De-CRIPT will introduce theoretical and methodological innovations into conspiracy-theory studies to expand current understandings of the nexus between conspiracy theories and socioeconomic disadvantage. Comparing four paradigmatic communities subject to longstanding or newly-emerging processes of marginalization across four different countries of Western Europe, the project seeks to understand: - the…
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