Monthly Archives: October 2014

Ebola reading list updated

Ebola is all over the front-pages of newspapers today, in part due to the Spanish nurse and the death of the Liberian in the US. The Guardian has a live blog with updates, and the World Bank has produced a report on the wider … Continue reading

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Sarah Radcliffe on Inca Sacred Space

A new review at the Society and Space open site.

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Thinking Allowed about Place Hacking

Interesting discussion with Bradley Garrett and Iain Sinclair – begins about 11 minutes in.

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Two new posts at Politics Reconsidered – from airstrikes to food banks

Over at Warwick’s Politics and International Studies new blog ‘Politics Reconsidered’, two posts from colleagues: Trevor McCrisken – ‘If at first you don’t succeed… call an airstrike’ (Banksy, 2010) Matthew Watson – Convenience shopping for ethics? Food bank donation boxes … Continue reading

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Volume 32, Issue 5 now out

New issue of Society and Space out.

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Books received – Linklater on land, Stubbs on Krautrock, Recherches 13 and Foucault, Lefebvre et. al. interviews

A book of interviews with, among others, Foucault and Lefebvre; one of the collaborative projects with which Foucault  was involved; David Stubbs, Future Days: Krautrock and the Building of Modern Germany and Andro Linklater‘s last book Owning the Earth: The Transforming History of Land … Continue reading

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Politics Reconsidered: The Politics and International Studies blog reinvigorated

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Today sees the launch of “Politics Reconsidered”, a new research blog from the University of Warwick Department of Politics and International Studies (PAIS). Alongside regular posts by our academics and PhD researchers, will also feature…

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Ebola reading list updated – including maps from Humanitarian OpenStreetMap

I’ve made some updates to the Ebola Reading List on this site. This now has two sections: General Reference, which includes NGOs, some government information, and some media sites sections, plus regularly updated maps from Humanitarian OpenStreetMap; and individual articles – … Continue reading

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Speculative Realism: Problems and Prospects now out in the US

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
This happened more than a week ago, but I just noticed it: Amazon.com: Speculative Realism: Problems and Prospects now has the book for sale in the US. For those who can’t stand…

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Earth: interactive weather conditions visualisation

Earth – a very interesting interactive “visualization of global weather conditions forecast by supercomputers”. Thanks to dmfant for the link.

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