Monthly Archives: May 2014

Creston Davis on the Global Center for Advanced Studies

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

An interesting interview on an intriguing project – Creston Davis on the Global Center for Advanced Studies at critical-theory.com

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Michael Watts on Boko Haram in the Huffington Post

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Michael Watts in interviewed about Boko Haram in the Huffington Post. Thanks to Teo Ballvé for the link. As a reminder, my annotated bibliography on Boko Haram – which includes pieces by Michael – is available here.

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Gunnar Olsson in Philomag (in French)

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Fait exceptionnel, cet article expose les idées d’un auteur quasi inconnu, le géographe suédois Gunnar Olsson, dont le grand œuvre, “Abysmal”, n’a pas été traduit en français. Pourquoi ? Parce que cet homme, à force de scruter des cartes, a forgé … Continue reading →

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Workshop: Governing through ‘Post-​’: Post-​Disaster, Post-​Conflict, Post-​Crisis? – Warwick, 18th June 2014

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Full details here What is the sig­ni­fic­ance of ‘post’ in post-​disaster, post-​conflict and post-​crisis, and how might we ana­lyze the sim­il­ar­ities in the gov­ern­mental re­sponses to eco­nomic, in­fra­struc­tural and so­ci­etal dis­rup­tion? We con­tend that, des­pite dis­cip­linary bound­aries which sep­arate the … Continue reading →

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Surveillance & Society new issue on Big Data Surveillance

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Surveillance & Society new issue on big data surveillance – with a Society and Space commentary on related issues coming next week.

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Saskia Sassen, ‘Expulsions: Complexity and Brutality’ – lectures at Durham, LSE and Dublin

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
Saskia Sassen’s Expulsions is forthcoming in June 2014. Saskia Sassen, “Expulsions: Complexity and Brutality” – lecture at Durham University in February 2014 (via ANTHEM). Update: a lecture at the LSE on the same topic is available here…

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Speculations V out – Aesthetics in the 21st Century

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

The latest issue of Speculations is out – on Aesthetics in the 21st Century. Essays by Steven Shaviro, Sjoerd van Tuinen, Graham Harman, Claire Colebrook and many others. Free to download or paperback to buy here.

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The Israeli ID-System and Palestinian Segregation – a powerful visualisation

Posted on May 15, 2014 by stuartelden

Visualising Palestine have done it again – a really powerful representation of the Israeli ID-System and Palestinian Segregation. Thanks to Léopold Lambert for the link.

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University of Sydney conference on Karl Polanyi and Friedrich Hayek, 15-16 August 2014

Posted on May 15, 2014 by stuartelden

Forthcoming workshop at the University of Sydney on Karl Polanyi and Friedrich Hayek – ‘Questioning the Utopian Springs of Market Economy’ and will take place across 15 and 16 August 2014. More details here.

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Provocations of the Present: What Culture for What Geography? – 6th Doreen Massey event

Posted on May 15, 2014 by stuartelden

6th annual Doreen Massey event at the Open University – “Provocations of the Present: What Culture for What Geography?” The Geography Departments of the Open University and Royal Holloway, University of London are delighted to announce that the 6th Doreen Massey Annual … Continue reading →

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