Monthly Archives: November 2011

Elden, Gregory, Sevilla-Buitrago in ACME

Posted on November 12, 2011 by stuartelden

ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, Vol 10 No 2 is now available. It includes the English version of a discussion between me, Derek Gregory and Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago that was originally published earlier this year in a Spanish translation: … Continue reading →

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Peter Hammill on writing

Posted on November 11, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve posted quite a lot on the writing process here. One of my favourite songwriters is Peter Hammill, who has written a fascinating post entitled ‘The Writing’. Worth a look, even if you’re not a fan. I really like this characterisation … Continue reading →

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Roundup – things to read

Posted on November 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Hardt and Negri on “The Problem of Transition” (supposedly on the Occupy movement, but really an excerpt from Commonwealth) David Campbell – ‘The elusive enemy: Looking back at the “war on terror’s” visual culture’ On Landscape Ontology: An Interview with … Continue reading →

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Royalties

Posted on November 10, 2011 by stuartelden

Conversation with a (smart) undergraduate student yesterday, about the amount of money academics make from book sales. I asked him how much he thought an academic got in royalties for a £20 book. ‘About £9?’ It’s actually closer to 50p; perhaps … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory – ‘Lines of Descent’

Posted on November 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Derek Gregory’s ‘Lines of Descent’ essay is available at Open Democracy. There are a number of other papers linked to this weekend’s ‘Shock and Awe’ conference here.

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Neil Brenner – “The Urbanization Question, or, the Field Formerly Known as Urban Studies”

Posted on November 9, 2011 by stuartelden

Neil Brenner’s inaugural lecture at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard:

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Deleuze, Philosophy, Transdisciplinarity conference

Posted on November 7, 2011 by stuartelden

“Deleuze, Philosophy, Transdisciplinarity”, Centre for Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London, February 10-11, 2012. Impressive list of invited speakers: Eric Alliez, Miguel de Beistegui, John Mullarkey, Laura Cull, Christian Kerslake, Thomas Baldwin, Iain MacKenzie, Nathan Widder, Andrew Goffey, Stamatia Portanova. … Continue reading →

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Leibniz and geography

Posted on November 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Despite my Shakespearean distractions at the weekend, I had some time late last week and today to return to the ‘Another Leibniz’ paper I last worked on properly in September. The paper is something of a survey of Leibniz’s non-standard … Continue reading →

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More on the Guy Fawkes mask

Posted on November 7, 2011 by stuartelden

At Territorial Masquerades… from V for Vendetta to Anonymous, and from the Occupy protests to the Zapatistas.

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Lectures on Heidegger – videos

Posted on November 7, 2011 by stuartelden

A series of lectures on Heidegger – Holger Zaborowski, William McNeill, Richard Capobianco, Richard Polt, Theodore Kisiel, Charles Bambach… thanks to Paul Harrison for the link.

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