Author Archives: stuartelden

The Other Adam Smith – forthcoming book from Mike Hill and Warren Montag

Posted on May 30, 2014 by stuartelden

Given the uses to which he is put – or, at least, his name invoked in support of – it’s easy to be critical of Adam Smith. This book, due out in December, sounds like it will provide both his detractors and … Continue reading →

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The problems of peer review

Posted on May 29, 2014 by stuartelden

Society and Space editor Mary Thomas picks up on a discussion at New APPS concerning peer review.

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Foucault’s Lectures on the Punitive Society IX

Posted on May 28, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Stockerblog:
Lecture of 28th February, 1973 Rural illegality went under the same transformation as the urban illegality described in the last lecture. It was a part of the survival strategies of the poorest peasants who were using…

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The Politics of Legality in a Neoliberal Age, 1-2 August 2014, University of New South Wales

Posted on May 28, 2014 by stuartelden

The Politics of Legality in a Neoliberal Age 1-2 August 2014, University of New South Wales Very interesting looking conference – speakers include Paul Patton, Jessica Whyte, Miguel Vatter, Ben Golder and many more. Full programme and details here. The … Continue reading →

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‘Who owns land in Scotland’? Mapping ownership

Posted on May 28, 2014 by stuartelden

A few days ago I said a little about the map on the front cover of  the report The Land of Scotland and the Common Good. My focus in those comments was about the cover image and the maritime boundaries. As … Continue reading →

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Mapping the world through its airport connections – excellent visualisation

Posted on May 28, 2014 by stuartelden

  At geoawesomeness.com: Data visualization designer Jason Davies has been playing with the topic of boundaries for some time already. Jason is exploring mathematical functions to redraw the global boundaries according to different phenomena. In his latest map he used a spherical Voronoi diagrams … Continue reading →

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Computational Social Science Conference, University of Warwick, 11-13 June 2014

Posted on May 27, 2014 by stuartelden

Computational Social Science conference Wed 11 – Fri 13 June 2014, University of Warwick, UKThe increasing availability of large quantities of human behavioural data has drawn the interest of researchers across the social sciences, the natural sciences and engineering. This conference aims … Continue reading →

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Boko Haram annotated bibliography – substantially updated and now in pdf form

Posted on May 26, 2014 by stuartelden

In early 2013, on one of my visits to Nigeria, I posted an annotated bibliography of academic work relating to Boko Haram. I updated the bibliography periodically, and then put it to one side for several months. I have now added … Continue reading →

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Miller and Sinanan’s Webcam reviewed

Posted on May 26, 2014 by stuartelden

A new review at the Society and Space open site – Miller & Sinanan’s Webcam.

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Barry Stocker’s reading of Foucault on the punitive society continues

Posted on May 26, 2014 by stuartelden

Lecture eight part one and two – Barry Stocker’s reading of Foucault’s La société punitive continues.

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