Author Archives: stuartelden

Mobility Makes States: Migration and Power in Africa, edited by Darshan Vigneswaran and Joel Quirk – now published by University of Pennsylvania Press. Human mobility has long played a foundational role in producing state territories, resources, and hierarchies. When people move within … Continue reading →

Warwick Borders, Race, Ethnicity and Migration Network Public Lecture 2015 Brick Walls: On Racism and Other Hard Histories Professor Sara Ahmed, Goldsmiths, University of London Wednesday 20th May 5pm-6.30pm Room S0.11, Social Sciences Building, University of Warwick In her book, On … Continue reading →

A commentary on critical data studies at the Society and Space open site.

Durham’s Institute of Advanced Study has advertised the 2016-17 fellowships on its Scale theme with a closing date of 5 June 2015 – more details here.

A new review at the Society and Space open site.

Jamin Raskin, “A last interview with French philosopher Michel Foucault”, City Paper – now found and available online Day one in the Foucault archive at UC Berkeley Day two in the Foucault archive at UC Berkeley Spatial Humanities: Promise and … Continue reading →

Originally posted on Open Geography:
A video interview of Hubert Dreyfus, the famous philosopher. Covering Heidegger, Descartes, embodiment, AI and almost getting fired at MIT. His book What Computers Can’t do, and What Computers Still Can’t Do, are influential texts…

On Friday evening, still reeling from the UK election results, I went to see Classic Stage Company’s Hamlet just south-east of Union Square in the East Village. A small, modern theatre, with seats on three sides of a square stage. … Continue reading →