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Top posts this week on Progressive Geographies

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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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Osama bin Laden’s bookshelf

A little late linking to this, but the Office of the Director of National Intelligence has released information of what was found in the compound used by bin Laden. (It would appear the timing is linked to the Seymour Hersh … Continue reading

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My Loss is Your Learning Gain

Originally posted on Academic Irregularities:
Liz Morrish discusses some new ways the Conservative government will seek to assess and rank universities. ‘Learning gain’ is about to be ‘a thing’. It is just over two weeks after the General Election, and…

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Interesting piece on academia and bureaucracy in The Times Higher

Interesting piece on academia and bureaucracy in The Times Higher Education, partly drawing on David Graeber’s new book The Utopia of Rules: On Technology, Stupidity, and the Secret Joys of Bureaucracy. .  

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