Monthly Archives: May 2014

Nelson, Alondra 2013 “Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination” reviewed by Angela Last

A new review at the Society and Space open site – Alondra Nelson’s Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination.

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Peter Sloterdijk and Andrei Ujica on The Fall of the Romanov Empire

A lecture by Peter Sloterdijk and then a discussion between Sloterdijk and Andrei Ujica on The Fall of the Romanov Empire – thanks to ANTHEM for the link. The lecture is in English, though the discussion is in German. I’ve embedded the film … Continue reading

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My ten most popular posts this week

Five apps I find really useful for my writing and blogging David Harvey – Afterthoughts on Piketty’s Capital Martin Heidegger interviewed by a Buddhist Monk on German Television (English subtitles) Video archive of interviews and lectures by geographers in the … Continue reading

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‘Books constitute capital’

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
Introducing his interview with David Harvey at the Chronicle of Higher Education earlier this week, Scott Carlson notes that ‘The American stage has recently been set for questioning capitalism, with the U.S. tour of academe’s…

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Foucault’s Lectures on the Punitive Society V

Originally posted on Stockerblog:
Back to blogging on Foucault’s lectures at the Collège de France, 1972-1973, La société punitive published last year by Seuil, English publication probably still more than a year away. Since I last posted (January 14th), Seuil has brought out…

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The Squared Horizon: The Frames and Trajectories of Paul Virilio, 6 June 2014. Nottingham Trent University

The Squared Horizon: The Frames and Trajectories of Paul Virilio, 6 June 2014. Nottingham Trent University – full details here. In Desert Screen, Paul Virilio suggests the notion of a ‘squared horizon’ as a way of envisioning the interposition of the screen, … Continue reading

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David Harvey – Afterthoughts on Piketty’s Capital

David Harvey, ‘Afterthoughts on Piketty’s Capital‘ – at his blog.

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Power in a World of Becoming, Process, Entanglement and Attachment – June 2-3 2014, Warwick

Authority & Political Technologies Network 2014: Power in a World of Becoming, Process, Entanglement & Attachment June 2-3, University of Warwick (Ramphal) ‘In ever era the attempt must be made anew to wrest tradition away from a conformism that is about … Continue reading

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Talking about Publishing, Urban Territory, and lots else

I was involved in three events this week. The first was the most wide-ranging – a filmed conversation with Babette Babich at Fordham University, that ranged from contemporary territorial issues to Kant, Leibniz, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault and Lefebvre; Greek geography to … Continue reading

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Video archive of interviews and lectures by geographers in the 1980s – David Harvey, Derek Gregory, Torsten Hägerstrand, Anne Buttimer, etc.

Thanks to Christian Abrahamsson for the link – some fascinating interviews and lectures from the IGU channel here. David Harvey, Derek Gregory, Torsten Hägerstrand, Anne Buttimer, etc.

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