Monthly Archives: August 2015

(In)human Terrain

Posted on August 8, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
It’s been an age since I looked at the US military’s attempt to ‘weaponise culture’ in its counterinsurgency programs (see ‘The rush to the intimate’: DOWNLOADS tab), but Roberto Gonzalez has kept his eyes on…

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Janae Sholtz, The Invention of a People: Heidegger and Deleuze on Art and the Political – reviewed at NDPR

Posted on August 8, 2015 by stuartelden

Janae Sholtz, The Invention of a People: Heidegger and Deleuze on Art and the Political – reviewed at NDPR by Antonio Calcagno. The topic sounds interesting, and the review notes that Sholtz discusses Kostas Axelos’s work as a way of developing Heidegger’s … Continue reading →

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Nick Blomley, ‘The Territory of Property’ in Progress in Human Geography

Posted on August 8, 2015 by stuartelden

Nicholas Blomley, ‘The Territory of Property‘, Progress in Human Geography (requires subscription) – an important piece on this question. The pervasive and important territorial dimensions of property are understudied, given the tendency to view territory through the lens of the state. Viewing … Continue reading →

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Michel Foucault’s Collège de France Lectures (1970-1984): 13 Years at the Collège, 13 Seminars at Columbia

Posted on August 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Michel Foucault’s Collège de France Lectures (1970-1984): 13 Years at the Collège, 13 Seminars at Columbia Seyla Benhabib, Homi Bhabha, Judith Butler, Veena Das, François Ewald, Didier Fassin, James Faubion, Nancy Fraser, Frédéric Gros, Daniele Lorenzini, Nancy Luxon, Achille Mbembe, Paul … Continue reading →

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Ian Hacking’s Collège de France courses online

Posted on August 7, 2015 by stuartelden

This was news to me – Ian Hacking’s Collège de France courses, where he held the Chaire de philosophie et histoire des concepts scientifiques between 2001-2006, are online at his website.

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An Update on the Derrida Seminars

Posted on August 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
Last week at the Collegium Phaenomenologicum, Peggy Kamuf, one of the English translators of the Derrida Seminars, provided a quick update on their publication schedule. This year, in French, will see…

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Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On – The Galleries of Justice, Nottingham, 11-12 Sept 2015

Posted on August 7, 2015 by stuartelden

Further details and programme for this conference – I’ll be giving the opening plenary talk on the recently published Théories et institutions pénales course. Places are free but limited and registration is required. Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On Friday … Continue reading →

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Bradley Garrett on privately owned public spaces (Pops)

Posted on August 4, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Open Geography:
Provocative piece by Bradley Garrett on privately owned public spaces, otherwise known as “Pops.” His intro reads in part: Part of the problem, then, with privately owned public spaces (“Pops”) – open-air squares, gardens and…

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Public lectures and panels at Antipode’s 5th Institute for the Geographies of Justice – videos now available

Posted on August 4, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
The Antipode Foundation’s 5th Institute for the Geographies of Justice took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, in June. A highlight of the week was a series of public lectures and panels: On Monday 22nd June,…

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Whatever Happened to Academic Freedom?

Posted on August 4, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Academic Irregularities:
Paul Greatrix, writing on the Wonkhe blog on July 14th 2015, includes an account of how, as recently as the 1980s in the UK, autonomy, academic freedom and academic standards were thought to be inextricably…

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