This document provides an overview of the topics and themes that will be covered in a social theory course about material culture. It discusses the project assignment, which involves analyzing a material object. It also outlines several theoretical perspectives that may be applied, including actor-network theory, constructivism, postmodernism, and theories related to means of production, status, inequality, and more. Key theorists like Latour are mentioned. Themes like human-nonhuman agency, objectification, and function of objects are discussed at a high level.