Monthly Archives: November 2013

London in the 17th century

Posted on November 5, 2013 by stuartelden

17th century London, before the great fire, imaginatively recreated by six de Montfort University students (via Open Culture).

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The stupidity of bulk requests – ask the author for their article!

Posted on November 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Why do so many people feel a need to email large lists, such as crit-geog-forum, with a request for the pdf of an article their library doesn’t get? Surely the auto-reply that says ‘your message has been delivered to 3,808 … Continue reading →

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A good piece on the reasons for last week’s strike

Posted on November 5, 2013 by stuartelden

A good piece on the reasons for last week’s strike at New Left Project. Thanks to Phoebe Moore for the link.

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Books received

Posted on November 5, 2013 by stuartelden

Two books for the Althusser project; Marcelo Hoffman’s Foucault and Power; Michael Dear’s Why Walls Won’t Work; and the latest Society and Space.

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Historical Materialism 10th annual conference – programme and registration details

Posted on November 4, 2013 by stuartelden

London, 7th-10th November, ‘Making the World Working Class’ – full details here.

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Derek Gregory, Juan Cole and China Miéville on Israel/Palestine

Posted on November 4, 2013 by stuartelden

In Feedly this morning, a powerful juxtaposition – Derek Gregory on the West Bank wall, and Juan Cole on Israel’s new settlements in the West Bank. Derek links to a new photo essay by China Miéville presented at the Palestinian Literary … Continue reading →

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Louise Amoore, The Politics of Possibility – preview available

Posted on November 4, 2013 by stuartelden

You can read the introduction to Louise Amoore’s The Politics of Possibility here. Duke’s own site says the book is in stock, though online book stores don’t seem to have it yet.

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