Monthly Archives: November 2014

“The geopolitics of Boko Haram and Nigeria’s ‘war on terror’” – now published in The Geographical Journal

Posted on November 14, 2014 by stuartelden

My paper on Boko Haram is now published in The Geographical Journal. The paper requires subscription, but if you can’t get it another way, please feel free to ask me for a copy. Here’s the abstract. The April 2014 kidnapping of … Continue reading →

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Public Funding for berfrois.com – please consider donating

Posted on November 13, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve now published five pieces on the http://www.berfrois.com website – the latest, with links to the others, is here. But I’m also a reader of the material they publish – very wide ranging, regularly interesting, and an important alternative to … Continue reading →

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Video of my ‘Foucault, Subjectivity and Truth’ lecture at Nottingham Contemporary

Posted on November 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Video of my ‘Foucault, Subjectivity and Truth‘ lecture and the discussion following it, at Nottingham Contemporary gallery last night. The introduction is by Emma Moore, the discussion is with Colin Wright, Sophie Fuggle and Alex Vasudevan. This was a really … Continue reading →

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Peter Singer, ‘The Ethics of Fighting Ebola’

Posted on November 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Peter Singer, ‘The Ethics of Fighting Ebola’ – also added to the long reading list here.

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The quick death of slow scholarship?

Posted on November 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Landscape Surgery:
Travels into Print. First manuscript draft (February, 2013). Since joining Landscape Surgery in 2010, I have had a seemingly every-present item of business on which to offer updates during our fortnightly “newsrounds”: the progress made…

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The politics of speed

Posted on November 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Politics Reconsidered:
By Philippe Blanchard The territory of the University of Warwick should be split in a few years by the HS2, a High speed train that will join London to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds. Political, economic…

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Interview with Ian Bogost

Posted on November 12, 2014 by stuartelden

Ian Bogost is interviewed at Dismagazine (via Graham Harman).

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Searching for the sublime in everyday life: Ryan on Quinney

Posted on November 12, 2014 by stuartelden

A new review at the Society and Space open site.

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Critical review of Grégoire Chamayou, Théorie du drone

Posted on November 12, 2014 by stuartelden

A very critical review of Grégoire Chamayou, Théorie du drone by Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer has been translated at booksandideas.net (original here). This book is forthcoming next year in English translation with Penguin as Drone Theory. For other takes on Chamayou’s work, see … Continue reading →

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New Antipode papers available now

Posted on November 11, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
The first two issues of Antipode 47 have now been sent to the publishers. They’ll be available in Wiley Online Library in early 2015; the papers, though, can be read now. There are great essays…

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