Author Archives: stuartelden

Speculative Realism: Problems and Prospects now out in the US

Posted on October 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
This happened more than a week ago, but I just noticed it: Amazon.com: Speculative Realism: Problems and Prospects now has the book for sale in the US. For those who can’t stand…

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Earth: interactive weather conditions visualisation

Posted on October 6, 2014 by stuartelden

Earth – a very interesting interactive “visualization of global weather conditions forecast by supercomputers”. Thanks to dmfant for the link.

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Peake and Sheppard, ‘The Emergence of Radical/Critical Geography within North America’

Posted on October 6, 2014 by stuartelden

Linda Peake and Eric Sheppard, ‘The Emergence of Radical/Critical Geography within North America’, ACME, Vol 13 No 2, 2014. Very interesting history of the discipline. Thanks to Sara Koopman for the link.

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A Taste for the Secret: Interview with Mark Neocleous

Posted on October 6, 2014 by stuartelden

Interesting interview with Mark Neocleous at Critical Legal Thinking, conducted by Gülden Özcan and Ersin Vedat Elgür. The interview was originally published in Turkish.

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Posted on October 5, 2014 by stuartelden

History of Philosophy chart What if the largest countries had the biggest populations? An interesting new world map Towards a reading list on the Ebola crisis Forthcoming (with links to some preprints) Photos from Nietzsche’s summer walks by Mark Anderson Warwick … Continue reading →

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Nine visual ‘attempts to explain the crazy complexity of the Middle East’

Posted on October 4, 2014 by stuartelden

The Washington Post has gathered together a number of visual attempts at understanding the current situation in the Middle East. Thanks to Helga Tawil Souri for the link.

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Republican Rep. Lamar Smith versus the National Science Foundation

Posted on October 3, 2014 by stuartelden

An important story about academic research and politics.

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Ruling Climate: The theory and practice of environmental governmentality 1500 – 1800 – cfp for workshop at Warwick

Posted on October 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Following from the Geographies of Man: Environmental Influence from Antiquity to the Enlightenment held on 16th May 2014, the call for papers for the next conference is now open: Ruling Climate: The theory and practice of environmental governmentality 1500 – 1800 – 16th … Continue reading →

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Mapping topologies: review of Shields’ Spatial Questions

Posted on October 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Rob Shields’ Spatial Questions reviewed at Society and Space.

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Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Geography – call for papers

Posted on October 3, 2014 by stuartelden

A reminder of this conference coming up at Warwick, with a call for papers. Please spread the word in your institutions to potentially interested participants.Please consider submitting a paper for the next Warwick Graduate Conference in Political Geography, held at the … Continue reading →

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