Monthly Archives: December 2012

Verso’s books of the year

Posted on December 20, 2012 by stuartelden

Not Verso books, but books chosen by Verso – another good list.

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BLDGBLOG recommends books of 2012

Posted on December 20, 2012 by stuartelden

As a balance to Crooked Timber’s fiction suggestions reblogged yesterday, BLDGBLOG has a number of suggestions for good books to read on mapping, architecture, landscape, urban planning and the like.

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Posted on December 20, 2012 by stuartelden

Alasdair Pinkerton and Klaus Dodds on the naming of part of Antartica as Queen Elizabeth Land.

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Posted on December 19, 2012 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
I didn’t really read that many new books—by which I mean books published in 2012—this year. The highlight of the new books I did read was Chris Ware’s Building Stories, the moving story of the lives…

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AAG Honors

Posted on December 19, 2012 by stuartelden

The Association of American Geographers has announced its honors – to be presented in Los Angeles in April. Edward Soja and Sallie Marston received lifetime acheivement awards; and distinguished scholarship honors to Judith Carney and John O’Loughlin. Full details and … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 19, 2012 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Jeremy J Schmidt:
There is a very interesting website up from Globaia that maps the anthropocene. There is some nice background info, part of which is below. The images are especially intriguing. This one is of pipelines,…

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Posted on December 19, 2012 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
His keynote from the Edinburgh World Writers Conference: I really, really don’t want to talk about genre, because I always really want to, and nerd-whines are boring. But a detente between…

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Emotional Geographies of Occupied Territories and Emergency Zones – cfp

Posted on December 18, 2012 by stuartelden

A call for papers – please contact arielhan@yahoo.com with any queries. Fourth International and Interdisciplinary Conference on Emotional Geographies, 1-3 July 2013 at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands Session title: Emotional Geographies of Occupied Territories and Emergency Zones Organizer: Dr. … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 18, 2012 by stuartelden

Kathryn Yusoff on Elizabeth Grosz – a new addition to the Society and Space open site Books of the Decade forum 

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Martin Coward on Open Access issues

Posted on December 17, 2012 by stuartelden

Martin Coward reflects on some of the issues around Open Access – lots of useful links in there, and some interesting discussion in the comments. Here’s the first paragraph: There has been a recent flurry of activity around Open Access … Continue reading →

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