Author Archives: stuartelden

Foucault and the Politics of Health: Collaborative research and activism – audio recording of UCL talk

The audio recording of my talk of 12 January 2016 to the Geography Department seminar, University College London is now available here. The introduction is by Tariq Jazeel. “Foucault and the Politics of Health – Collaborative research and activism” Concentrating … Continue reading

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Appeal by Sartre, Foucault, Guattari, Deleuze and others on imprisonment of Italian intellectuals, 1977 Red Notes, Italy 1977-8: ‘Living with an Earthquake’ – entire pamphlet online Academic Books of 2015 – my top twenty Michel Foucault on refugees – a previously untranslated interview … Continue reading

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David Harvey, The Ways of the World – now published (and in paperback), and open access extract

David Harvey, The Ways of the World is now published, and an open access extract is available here. This book presents a sequence of landmark works in David Harvey’s intellectual journey over five decades. It shows how experiencing the riots, despair … Continue reading

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The editorial process at Contemporary Political Theory

A very interesting and detailed discussion of the editorial process at Contemporary Political Theory, by Samuel Chambers (open access).

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Mapping Post-Capitalism

Originally posted on Deterritorial Investigations :
http://commonstransition.org/mapping-the-emerging-post-capitalist-paradigm-and-its-main-thinkers/

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CfP RGS 2016: Ice, water, rock, sand, and silt: ‘Unearthing’ a Subterranean Geopolitics

Call for papers for the RGS-IBG on Subterranean Geopolitics

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Books received – several more for the Foucault work, including the new Œuvres

Several books for the Foucault project, most picked up second-hand and relating to the work of the Groupe d’information sur les prisons, but also the new Œuvres and the Vrin edition of the Kant introduction along with Foucault’s translation of the text. On … Continue reading

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Journals received – TCS, Transactions, GeoHumanities, Annals, RP

Journals received – Theory, Culture and Society annual review, Transactions of the IBG, the new journal GeoHumanities launch issue, Annals of the AAG, Radical Philosophy.

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Raul Pacheco-Vega on writing and working spaces

Raul Pacheco-Vega has an interesting post on writing and working spaces. The idea of dividing spaces between writing and other work duties makes sense, as you can associate being in a location with productive work, but the 4/4.30am start sounds … Continue reading

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David Bowie – space on the shelf for Blackstar, but a very big hole…

David Bowie – space on the shelf for Blackstar, but a very big hole… The cd was on pre-order, but it was only today that I picked up the package…

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