Monthly Archives: May 2015

Journée d’étude autours de M. Foucault, “Théories et institutions pénales”, Paris 2 June 2015

Posted on May 26, 2015 by stuartelden

Thanks to Andrea Teti for sending details of this event in Paris for the new lecture course. I’m currently writing a review of it for Berfrois. Mardi 2 juin 2015, 9h – 18h “Premières lectures, premières réactions, et pistes de recherches” … Continue reading →

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Life in the Accelerated Academy: anxiety thrives, demands intensify and metrics hold the tangled web together

Posted on May 25, 2015 by stuartelden

Interesting piece at the Impact of Social Sciences blog by Mark Carrigan. The imagined slowness of university life has given way to a frenetic pace, defined by a perpetual ratcheting up of demands and an entrepreneurial ethos seeking new and quantifiable opportunities. Mark Carrigan explores … Continue reading →

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English translation of Deleuze’s first seminar (1956-57): What is grounding? – open-access e-book

Posted on May 25, 2015 by stuartelden

An English translation of Deleuze’s first seminar from 1956-57, What is grounding? is available to download. The book is open access, and just needs an email address to receive the download link. A French version is online here. What is Grounding? is Gilles Deleuze’s … Continue reading →

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Top posts this week on Progressive Geographies

Posted on May 24, 2015 by stuartelden

CFP – A research workshop on discourse analysis, New Materialisms and the ‘practice turn’ in the social sciences, 12 June 2015, University of Warwick Hot off the press – Foucault’s Théories et institutions pénales is published Articles and Chapters David … Continue reading →

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David Nicholls, “Google v old-fashioned legwork – how to research a novel” – reflections on literature and sense of place

Posted on May 24, 2015 by stuartelden

David Nicholls, “Google v old-fashioned legwork – how to research a novel” – reflections on literature and sense of place.

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Global Capitalism and Forms of Urban Regeneration – tribute conference to Neil Smith

Posted on May 24, 2015 by stuartelden

I previously shared the Spanish language call for this conference, but here’s the English details – interpretation will be provided. Neil Smith, who prematurely died in 2012, has had an immense influence on the discipline of geography and on the social sciences … Continue reading →

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Penser le « néolibéralisme » Le moment néolibéral, Foucault, et la crise du socialisme (2015)

Posted on May 23, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Serge Audier, Penser le « néolibéralisme ». Le moment néolibéral, Foucault, et la crise du socialisme, Lormont, Le Bord de l’eau, coll. « Documents », 2015, 570 p., ISBN : 9782356874030. Further Info Qu’est-ce vraiment…

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Provisionalia: Index Librorum Scholasticorum – guide and repository for texts and translations of scholastic philosophy and theology

Posted on May 23, 2015 by stuartelden

Provisionalia: Index Librorum Scholasticorum – collated by Robert Pasnau. Provisionalia is a guide and repository for texts and translations of scholastic philosophy and theology. The site aspires to list every scholastic author whose works have been the subject of scholarly … Continue reading →

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Andrew Barry, “Geography and Other Disciplines” – discussion of genealogy and the canon

Posted on May 23, 2015 by stuartelden

Andrew Barry has a very interesting new essay published, “Geography and Other Disciplines” – a discussion of geography and the canon. There is also an introduction to the theme issue of which this is part by Richard Powell [update: corrected from … Continue reading →

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Camilla Boano reviews Lefebvre’s Towards an Architecture of Enjoyment (requires subscription)

Posted on May 23, 2015 by stuartelden

Camilla Boano reviews Lefebvre’s Towards an Architecture of Enjoyment in The Journal of Architecture (requires subscription). The review is quite detailed, and makes use of the interview I conducted with editor Łukasz Stanek for the Society and Space open site. Good to see this … Continue reading →

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