Author Archives: stuartelden

Reviews of Foucault’s first three Collège de France courses, and other pieces at Berfrois

The piece I published yesterday was on Foucault’s second lecture course at the Collège de France. I have also published reviews of the first and third, which form an initial triptych on the linked themes of measure, inquiry and examination. … Continue reading →

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Thinking Spatial Practices with & against law – Birkbeck, 19 June 2015

Thinking Spatial Practices with & against law An Interdisciplinary Workshop Funded by: Birkbeck Institute for Social Research Birkbeck School of Law, University of London, 19th June 2015 Birkbeck College, Malet Street│Room 414 Across various disciplines, a resurgent interest in questions of spatial justice is prompted by … Continue reading →

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Notes toward a critical history of cartography, part 1

Originally posted on Open Geography:
In the past few months I’ve agreed to develop a course called “A Critical History of Cartography” for our department’s new Masters and Certificate in Digital Mapping. This initiative, which we call New Maps Plus, will…

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Review essay of Michel Foucault, Théories et institutions pénales: Cours au Collège de France 1971-1972 at Berfrois

Update September 2025: the Berfrois site is now closed and the archive has been removed. My piece can now be found here. My review essay of Michel Foucault, Théories et institutions pénales: Cours au Collège de France 1971-1972, edited by … Continue reading →

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Stepping down as Society and Space: Environment and Planning D editor

I have recently come to the end of my time as an editor of Society and Space: Environment and Planning D. I took over from Gerry Pratt in autumn 2006, officially becoming editor with the first issue of 2007. The continuing … Continue reading →

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Please donate to Punctum Books – open-access does not mean no production costs

Sharing the appeal from Punctum Books. I’ve donated a little in the past, but it’s surprising how few people do. Books cannot be produced for zero cost. I’ve shared lots of links to their books in the past, have contributed … Continue reading →

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General bibliography on open-plan office design (2015)

Originally posted on Refracted Input:
Still from Jacques Tati’s film Playtime (1967) I have put together a general – but still very select – bibliography of material on open-plan office design, which you can download as a PDF. All items…

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Two Uses of Michel Foucault in Political Theory: Concepts and Methods in Giorgio Agamben and Ian Hacking (2015)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Colin Koopman, ‘Two Uses of Michel Foucault in Political Theory: Concepts and Methods in Giorgio Agamben and Ian Hacking’, Constellations (1), 0 Article first published online: 19 MAY 2015 DOI: 10.1111/1467-8675.12153 First paragraph in lieu…

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“Exercises in the History of Ideas”: An Interview with Stuart Elden by Dale Leorke and Suneel Jethani at the Theory, Culture and Society website

“Exercises in the History of Ideas”: An Interview with Stuart Elden by Dale Leorke and Suneel Jethani at the Theory, Culture and Society website – open access. This is an edited version of an interview conducted last year in Melbourne … Continue reading →

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Books received 4 – various: Meillassoux, Trawny, Eco, Butler, Krell, Naas, Funambulist papers, journals

And everything else that was in the pile of post as I returned from the US. Umberto Eco’s How to Write a Thesis; Quentin Meillassoux’s Science Fiction and Extro-Science Fiction; Peter Trawny’s Freedom to Fail: Heidegger’s Anarchy; The Funambulist Papers Volume 2 (in which … Continue reading →

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