Monthly Archives: June 2014

Foucault on “Enlightenment” in Discipline and Punish

Originally posted on Persistent Enlightenment:
Discussing Michel Foucault’s Discipline and Punish (or, to be more accurate, that portions of it that turn up in The Foucault Reader) in a seminar I taught this spring, I was struck, once again, by…

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Foucault’s Lectures on Subjectivity and Truth, IV.

Originally posted on Stockerblog:
Lecture of 28th January, 1981 Foucault distinguishes between the Graeco-Roman concept of aphrodisia, the Christian concept of flesh and the modern concept of sexuality. These are not three domains of distinct objects. They are three modes…

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Why Metrics Cannot Measure Research Quality: A Response to the HEFCE Consultation

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
The Higher Education Funding Council for England are reviewing the idea of using metrics (or citation counts) in research assessment. We think using metrics to measure research quality is a terrible idea, and we’ll…

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

The Political Geographies of FIFA and World Cup football Ben Anderson, Encountering Affect: Capacities, Apparatuses, Conditions – first chapter online Graham Harman’s Bruno Latour: Reassembling the Political due out in October Geopolitical Bodies, Material Worlds – new book series edited … Continue reading

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Laruelle Bibliography (English & French)

This looks a really helpful resource for anyone interested in Laruelle. Thanks to Michael O’Rourke for the alert.

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Atlas of Inuit Arctic Trails

An interesting new project on mapping the Arctic.

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To Pass On a Good Earth: The Life and Work of Carl O. Sauer

To Pass On a Good Earth: The Life and Work of Carl O. Sauer – Michael Williams with David Lowenthal and William M. Denevan, recently published by University of Virgina Press. To Pass On a Good Earth is the candid and compelling … Continue reading

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The Accidental Playground reviewed

New review at the Society and Space open site

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Barry Stocker on Foucault’s Lectures on Subjectivity and Truth

The second part of lecture 2; the first part of lecture 3 and the second part.

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The Political Geographies of FIFA and World Cup football

Interesting piece at Political Geography Now on the political geographies of FIFA and World Cup football – who is allowed to compete, in which region, and how do these teams match-up with recognised states.  

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