Author Archives: stuartelden

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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The Function of Criticism at the Present Time – on the work of Lauren Berlant

Posted on April 14, 2015 by stuartelden

Interesting piece in the LA Review of Books, “The Function of Criticism at the Present Time“, which looks at the work of Lauren Berlant. Berlant will be giving the Society and Space lecture at the Association of American Geographers meeting … Continue reading →

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An interview with radical publisher François Maspero (1932-2015): ‘A few misunderstandings’

Posted on April 14, 2015 by stuartelden

In commemoration of the death of author and publisher François Maspero, who passed away on Saturday, April 11 at the age of 83. Verso presents this translated interview with the founder of Éditions Maspero, the publishing house which has served as … Continue reading →

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Kelly Oliver, Earth and World: Philosophy after the Apollo Missions

Posted on April 13, 2015 by stuartelden

Kelly Oliver, Earth and World: Philosophy after the Apollo Missions – thanks to John Protevi for the link. Critically engaging the work of Immanuel Kant, Hannah Arendt, Martin Heidegger, and Jacques Derrida together with her own observations on contemporary politics, … Continue reading →

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