Monthly Archives: October 2015

Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on October 4, 2015 by stuartelden

The busiest week on the blog for a while, mainly due to the first two of these posts: Michel Foucault on refugees – a previously untranslated interview from 1979 Eleven thoughts on reading and citing 12 Critical Theory books that came out … Continue reading →

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Foucault: The Birth of Power Update 4 – collaborative work and a complete draft of Chapter One on the Lectures on the Will to Know and related materials

Posted on October 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Since the last update, I’ve been working on various aspects of this project. The first was a return to some of Foucault’s collaborative projects around CERFI. Quite late in the drafting of Foucault’s Last Decade I removed most of the … Continue reading →

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Antipode Foundation Scholar-Activist Project and International Workshop Awards 2016

Posted on October 2, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
We’re pleased to announce the fourth year of the Antipode Foundation’s Scholar-Activist Project and International Workshop Awards. Scholar-Activist Project Awards are single-year grants of up to £10,000 intended to support collaborations between academics and students…

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Eleven thoughts on reading and citing

Posted on October 2, 2015 by stuartelden

At the beginning of reading on a topic, the most useful thing in a paper or book is often its bibliography. As you read more you’ll realise the key texts get cited again and again. You can tell you are … Continue reading →

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The Geographer Royal – and what it means

Posted on October 2, 2015 by stuartelden

An interesting piece giving the background to Charles Withers’s recent appointment as Geographer Royal for Scotland.

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Think. Check. Submit. (How to Have Trust in Your Publisher.)

Posted on October 2, 2015 by stuartelden

A new initiative for academics submitting to journals, directed at saving people and papers from “predatory” publishers.

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Book received – contributor copy of How We Write

Posted on October 1, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve just received my contributor copy of How We Write – the open access collection edited by Suzanne Conklin Akbari, which includes thirteen short pieces on academic writing. It looks great in its physical form. The book is available to buy in paperback, or free … Continue reading →

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12 Critical Theory books that came out in September

Posted on October 1, 2015 by stuartelden

12 Critical Theory books that came out in September – another helpful roundup from critical-theory.com… Massumi, Bargu, Nail, Benjamin, etc.

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