Monthly Archives: May 2013

Plastic selves: two new Malabou reviews posted

Posted on May 27, 2013 by stuartelden

Two books by Catherine Malabou are reviewed on the Open Site.

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Boko Haram bibliography minor updates

Posted on May 25, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve added brief comments on four new pieces in the Boko Haram bibliography –  Adibe (2012); Agbiboa (2013); Idowu (2013); Mantzikos (2010).

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The Northern Nigerian State of Emergency

Posted on May 24, 2013 by stuartelden

My Boko Haram paper is lying dormant while I mark exams, and embark on the buying and selling of homes, and is in danger of being over-taken by events. I’ve been keeping up-to-date on the developments in the north-east of the … Continue reading →

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Planning for exclusion in Abuja

Posted on May 24, 2013 by stuartelden

At Open Democracy, an interesting piece on the Nigerian capital of Abuja. Nigeria, a nation deeply scarred by colonialism and years of civil war, took the decision in 1991 to build a new capital city at the country’s centre. In … Continue reading →

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Renditions rendered

Posted on May 23, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
Many readers will know of various attempts made, several years ago, to map the CIA’s extraordinary rendition programme.  One of the most innovative was artist-geographer Trevor Paglen‘s Terminal Air project (and the idea of (de)basing…

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Peter Sloterdijk – Philosophical Temperaments

Posted on May 23, 2013 by stuartelden

Peter Sloterdijk’s little book Philosophical Temperaments: From Plato to Foucault is now out in English translation with Columbia University Press. The chapter on Plato is available to read free online.

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Parrhesia issue 16 out

Posted on May 22, 2013 by stuartelden

Open access and available to download here. Includes essays by Graham Harman, Tristan Garcia, Quentin Meillassoux, Marie-Eve Morin on Jean-Luc Nancy, etc. (via Graham Harman’s blog)

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# PALESTINE /// The Right to the Ruin: Civilizational Absence in the Post-Nakba Landscapes

Posted on May 21, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Funambulist:
What is wrong with these pictures? Start maybe by looking at them all. The landscapes that they show are beautiful and seem to be almost untouched by humans. The problem is that they are taken…

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The Funambulist Pamphlets

Posted on May 21, 2013 by stuartelden

One of my favourite blogs, The Funambulist, teams up with one of the most interesting and challenging new publishing outlets, Punctum Books, to produce a series of little books on themes covered on the blog. The twelve first volumes are … Continue reading →

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Writing for readers

Posted on May 21, 2013 by stuartelden

Short comment piece in The Chronicle on writing, readers and changes to publishing. Thanks to Annick Wibben for the link.

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