Monthly Archives: May 2011

Harman’s Meillassoux book

Flyer here, with a discount price, and Žižek’s blurb.

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Cartographier le pouvoir, Foucault et Bourdieu

Illustrated pamphlet on Foucault and Bourdieu, in French, here (via Foucault News).

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Collaborative Art workshop

Posted on behalf of Rory Rowan Collaborative Art: Practices, Spaces, Communities An Interdisciplinary Workshop 16th May 2011, 1pm – 5pm 11 Bedford Square, London, WC1E 6DP This workshop aims to interrogate and develop conceptual understandings of collaborative art practices by … Continue reading

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The Island of the Day Before

In the workshop today, I mentioned the instance of Samoa proposing to change its position in relation to the international date line (story here). It seems to me a good little example to discuss the way time-zones work, their relation to space, … Continue reading

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Levi Bryant interview

A very revealing interview over at New APPS… Update: There is another new interview with him at Figure/Ground.

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World, Territory, Space workshop

The workshop/Masterclass was held today. A good group of about 15, discussing four of my texts around the themes of ‘world, territory, space’ (details and links here). We discussed the use of spatial/geographical terms in and beyond Geography; the relation … Continue reading

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The Foucault Effect 1991-2011 discussant

An addition to the programme for this event (London, 3-4 June) – I’ve been asked to be a discussant to the first session on the Friday evening. Papers in that session are by Daniel Defert, Colin Gordon, Peter Fitzpatrick and Maria … Continue reading

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Territory: Conceptual, Political, Historical

I’ll be giving a talk at the Hong Kong Baptist University on 18th May. Because the audience will be mixed between faculty and students, I’ve been asked to be more general and so this will give me a chance to … Continue reading

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New at the Society and Space blog

Over at the Society and Space blog, a couple of new things Review editors Christian Abrahamsson and Mary Thomas explain a forthcoming selection of pieces on fiction. A mini-interview with Pion publishing editor Amye Kenall on what happens after a … Continue reading

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Spatial Justice workshop videos

The videos from the Spatial Justice workshop at the University of Westminster last year are available here. Chaired by Chantal Mouffe, it includes talks by David Harvey, Doreen Massey, Engin Isin, Mustafa Dikeç and others. (Thanks to Rory for the link.)

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