Monthly Archives: September 2011

Territorial Masquerades on Spatiality and Power

Posted on September 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting discussion here.

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‘How should we do the history of territory?’ – Berkeley audio

Posted on September 16, 2011 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my Berkeley talk is now available. Many thanks to Ilaria Giglioli for making the recording. “How should we do the history of territory”, University of California, Berkeley, 14 September 2011.

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Society and Space – supplementary website and book reviews

Posted on September 14, 2011 by stuartelden

The Society and Space supplementary website is now much more than a blog. It will include book reviews and other pieces additional to those in the print and online journal. The editors hope that the book review forum will become a major … Continue reading →

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Foucault sculpture in a nursing home

Posted on September 14, 2011 by stuartelden

Okay, this is odd. A Dutch nursing home, built in the form of a panopticon, has a sculpture of Foucault’s head and one forearm in the foyer. Brief video clip below, and story here. Thanks to Mark Kelly for the … Continue reading →

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Society and Space – Writing its History

Posted on September 13, 2011 by stuartelden

(Cross posted from Society and Space) I’ve recently completed work as the managing editor of a five volume compilation of papers from the four Environment and Planning journals. This is a collaborative venture between Pion, who publish the journals, and … Continue reading →

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Stuart Hall on neoliberalism

Posted on September 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting piece in The Guardian. [Update longer versionin Soundings here – thanks to Peter Gratton, via Paul Gilroy, for the link]

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Details of Berkeley and Tucson lectures

Posted on September 12, 2011 by stuartelden

14 September 2011 – “How should we do the history of territory?” Department of Geography, University of California, Berkeley, USA (details) 16 September 2011 – ”How should we do the history of territory?” School of Geography and Development, University of … Continue reading →

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Sensualising Deformity – Call for papers

Posted on September 12, 2011 by stuartelden

This could be interesting. Sensualising Deformity: Communication and Construction of Monstrous Embodiment, at the University of Edinburgh, June 15-16 2012. The link takes you to the call for papers, and they have a linked blog. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen is one of … Continue reading →

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Weird Tools and Strange Investigations – call for papers

Posted on September 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Preternature 2.1 : Weird Tools and Strange Investigations Objects of all sorts have a long history of serving as bridges to the preternatural world, whether that be in terms of some intrinsic power, or as things possessed or haunted. The … Continue reading →

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Exterritory project event on Extraterritoriality

Posted on September 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting and intriguing invitation to speak at an event on extraterritoriality by the Exterritory Project. The project is run by two Israeli artists – Ruti Sela and Maayan Amir. They’ve done things like project art works onto the sails of … Continue reading →

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