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Emergency Response

Posted on November 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
I’ve been catching up on a stream of publications by Pete Adey and Ben Anderson on emergencies, including ‘Affect and security: exercising emergency in UK “civil contingencies”‘, Society & Space 29(6) (2011) 1092-1109; ‘Anticipating emergencies: Technologies…

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Mapping The Politics of National Rankings in the Movement Against “Modern Slavery”

Posted on November 28, 2014 by stuartelden

A new commentary at the Society and Space open site.

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Reading the “Black Notebooks” – A Special Issue of Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual

Posted on November 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Reading the “Black Notebooks” A Special Issue of Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual The 2015 issue of Gatherings: The Heidegger Circle Annual will be devoted to the topic of Reading the “Black Notebooks.” Papers on any aspect of the Black Notebooks … Continue reading →

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Verso world history series – 50% off until 1 December 2014, with free shipping

Posted on November 27, 2014 by stuartelden

A chance to get these books at reduced price, with free shipping. The Verso World History Series provides attractive new editions of classic works of history, making landmark texts available to a new generation of readers. Covering a timespan stretching from … Continue reading →

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Heterotopian Studies on Foucault on Rebeyrolle

Posted on November 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Heterotopian Studies has a short discussion of Foucault’s work on the artist Paul Rebeyrolle – an essay that is translated in the Space, Knowledge and Power: Foucault and Geography collection Jeremy Crampton and I edited in 2007.

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Casey, Edward. S. and Watkins, Mary. 2014 Up Against the Wall: Re-Imagining the U.S.-Mexico Border, reviewed by Eduardo Mendieta

Posted on November 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Eduardo Mendieta reviews Casey and Watkins’s Up Against the Wall.

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Basel ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar

Posted on November 26, 2014 by stuartelden

I got back earlier today from two enjoyable days at the University of Basel for the ‘New Developments in Theory’ lecture and the ‘Space, Territory, Literature’ seminar. The lecture was on ‘Geopolitics, Geopower, Geometrics’ and the morning of the seminar looked at … Continue reading →

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Urban Revolution Now: Henri Lefebvre in Social Research and Architecture – now published

Posted on November 26, 2014 by stuartelden

Urban Revolution Now: Henri Lefebvre in Social Research and Architecture. Edited by  Łukasz Stanek, Christian Schmid and Ákos Moravánszky, it includes contributions by many leading Lefebvre and urban scholars. When Henri Lefebvre published The Urban Revolution in 1970, he sketched a … Continue reading →

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Books received – Fourquet, Barret-Kriegel, Esposito, de Vries, de Beistegui & Sparks, Magnussen

Posted on November 26, 2014 by stuartelden

A few books in recompense for review work – de Vries, Re-imaging a Politics of Life; the Philosophy and Tragedy collection; Magnusson’s Politics of Urbanism. Two books by two of Foucault’s collaborators – François Fourquet, Les comptes de la puissance and … Continue reading →

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Foucault, Maoism, Genealogy: The Influence of Political Militancy in Michel Foucault’s Thought (2014)

Posted on November 26, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Karlsen, M.P., Villadsen, K. Foucault, Maoism, Genealogy: The Influence of Political Militancy in Michel Foucault’s Thought (2014) New Political Science, . Article in Press. Abstract Foucault’s inspiration from Nietzsche in terms of writing critical histories…

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