Author Archives: stuartelden

Interview with Saskia Sassen at Figure/Ground

Posted on April 16, 2015 by stuartelden

A brief interview with Saskia Sassen at Figure/Ground, mainly on teaching and changing technologies.

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Volha Piotukh, Biopolitics, Governmentality and Humanitarianism: ‘Caring’ for the Population in Afghanistan and Belarus

Posted on April 16, 2015 by stuartelden

Volha Piotukh, Biopolitics, Governmentality and Humanitarianism: ‘Caring’ for the Population in Afghanistan and Belarus. This book critically analyses the changing role and nature of post-Cold War humanitarianism, using Foucault’s theories of biopolitics and governmentality. It offers a compelling and insightful … Continue reading →

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Sur les Toits – trailer for film on French prisons in the early 1970s

Posted on April 16, 2015 by stuartelden

This came out a couple of years ago, but is new to me – again Daniel Defert told me about this. In French, with English subtitles, directed by Nicolas Drolc. More details here. Début des années 70 : une série d’évènements … Continue reading →

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Steve Mentz (ed.) Oceanic New York – forthcoming from Punctum

Posted on April 16, 2015 by stuartelden

Steve Mentz’s collection Oceanic New York is forthcoming from Punctum. This volume comprises a three-fold object, Book and Ocean and New York City. If this Book were Ocean, how would it feel between your fingers? Wet and slippery, just a bit … Continue reading →

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Mapping the Age of Every Building in Manhattan

Posted on April 16, 2015 by stuartelden

Mapping the Age of Every Building in Manhattan – Urban Layers tracks Manhattan’s rise, block by block, since 1765.

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Brendan Gleeson and Neil Brenner in conversation on the age of urbanization

Posted on April 16, 2015 by stuartelden

Brendan Gleeson and Neil Brenner in conversation on the age of urbanization

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Books bought in Paris – Foucault, Duby, de Certeau, Farge

Posted on April 15, 2015 by stuartelden

I’ve been in Paris the last few days, doing some work on the Foucault project. The two main things were some work at the Bibliothèque Nationale and meeting Daniel Defert to talk about Foucault’s work. I’ll say a bit more in … Continue reading →

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# TOPIE IMPITOYABLE /// Bodies on the Targetting Line: Trying to Make Sense of Human Shields

Posted on April 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Funambulist:
Rachel Corrie confronting a Israeli army bulldozer before being killed by it (March 13, 2003) A few months ago, I learned that Judith Butler was going to give a lecture at the London School of Economics and…

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Georgina Born, “Anthropology, Digital Music and the Contemporary”, British Academy lecture, 19 May 2015

Posted on April 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Georgina Born, Radcliffe-Brown lecture in Anthropology, British Academy, 19 May 2015, 6pm

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Discussion of the work of Franco Moretti in New Rambler Review

Posted on April 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Discussion of the work of Franco Moretti in New Rambler Review.

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