Monthly Archives: July 2013

Gordillo – ‘Opaque Zones of Empire’ and the concept of terrain

Posted on July 4, 2013 by stuartelden

Gastón Gordillo recently posted the text of his AAG presentation, ‘Opaque Zones of Empire‘ to his Space and Politics blog. Derek Gregory picks up the discussion with a piece entitled ‘Terror and Terrain‘ at Geographical Imaginations. What is especially interesting … Continue reading →

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On Foucault’s Review of Cassirer’s Philosophy of the Enlightenment

Posted on July 4, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Persistent Enlightenment:
Ernst Cassirer It is unfortunate that no one has gotten around to translating Michel Foucault’s 1966 review of the French translation of Ernst Cassirer’s Philosophie der Aufklärung.1 Granted, it is a short text and –…

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Bolivia, Snowden, and the Politics of Verticality

Posted on July 4, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Open Geography:
The extraordinary events of the last day–blow-by-blow live blog here from the Guardian–have certainly raised plenty of legal and diplomatic issues. What is the legality of diverting a head of state’s official plane, or even…

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A critical path: Securing the future of higher education in England

Posted on July 2, 2013 by stuartelden

IPPR report A critical path: Securing the future of higher education in England – free to download and summary here.

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Geopolitical Material

Posted on July 2, 2013 by stuartelden

Duncan Depledge provides a brief summary of an interesting editorial he has published in Political Geography. Like my recent ‘Earth’ paper he is using Elizabeth Grosz to begin to rethink geo-politics.

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Bioethics, environment and planning: two new reviews posted

Posted on July 2, 2013 by stuartelden

Two reviews at the Society and Space open site

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The Birth of Territory cover

Posted on July 1, 2013 by stuartelden

The book will be out in August – University of Chicago Press page here. Here’s what I say about the subject of the picture in the book: Irnerius (c.1050-c.1130) is a largely unknown figure, but he founded the school known … Continue reading →

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Debating Open Access

Posted on July 1, 2013 by stuartelden

A series of essays collated by the British Academy on open access publishing.

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Theory, Culture and Society – joining the editorial board

Posted on July 1, 2013 by stuartelden

I am very pleased to say I’ve joined the editorial board of Theory, Culture and Society – a remarkable journal. The journal also runs a very interesting blog alongside the main publication.

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Cycling the Sea of Galilee

Posted on July 1, 2013 by stuartelden

One of the things I did on my recent trip to Israel was to cycle round the Sea of Galilee. A cycle-path is being developed around much of this, but there are some parts where you need to use the … Continue reading →

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