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The Squared Horizon: The Frames and Trajectories of Paul Virilio, 6 June 2014. Nottingham Trent University

Posted on May 18, 2014 by stuartelden

The Squared Horizon: The Frames and Trajectories of Paul Virilio, 6 June 2014. Nottingham Trent University – full details here. In Desert Screen, Paul Virilio suggests the notion of a ‘squared horizon’ as a way of envisioning the interposition of the screen, … Continue reading →

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David Harvey – Afterthoughts on Piketty’s Capital

Posted on May 17, 2014 by stuartelden

David Harvey, ‘Afterthoughts on Piketty’s Capital‘ – at his blog.

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Power in a World of Becoming, Process, Entanglement and Attachment – June 2-3 2014, Warwick

Posted on May 17, 2014 by stuartelden

Authority & Political Technologies Network 2014: Power in a World of Becoming, Process, Entanglement & Attachment June 2-3, University of Warwick (Ramphal) ‘In ever era the attempt must be made anew to wrest tradition away from a conformism that is about … Continue reading →

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Talking about Publishing, Urban Territory, and lots else

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

I was involved in three events this week. The first was the most wide-ranging – a filmed conversation with Babette Babich at Fordham University, that ranged from contemporary territorial issues to Kant, Leibniz, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault and Lefebvre; Greek geography to … Continue reading →

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Video archive of interviews and lectures by geographers in the 1980s – David Harvey, Derek Gregory, Torsten Hägerstrand, Anne Buttimer, etc.

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Thanks to Christian Abrahamsson for the link – some fascinating interviews and lectures from the IGU channel here. David Harvey, Derek Gregory, Torsten Hägerstrand, Anne Buttimer, etc.

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Creston Davis on the Global Center for Advanced Studies

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

An interesting interview on an intriguing project – Creston Davis on the Global Center for Advanced Studies at critical-theory.com

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Michael Watts on Boko Haram in the Huffington Post

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Michael Watts in interviewed about Boko Haram in the Huffington Post. Thanks to Teo Ballvé for the link. As a reminder, my annotated bibliography on Boko Haram – which includes pieces by Michael – is available here.

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Gunnar Olsson in Philomag (in French)

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Fait exceptionnel, cet article expose les idées d’un auteur quasi inconnu, le géographe suédois Gunnar Olsson, dont le grand œuvre, “Abysmal”, n’a pas été traduit en français. Pourquoi ? Parce que cet homme, à force de scruter des cartes, a forgé … Continue reading →

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Workshop: Governing through ‘Post-​’: Post-​Disaster, Post-​Conflict, Post-​Crisis? – Warwick, 18th June 2014

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Full details here What is the sig­ni­fic­ance of ‘post’ in post-​disaster, post-​conflict and post-​crisis, and how might we ana­lyze the sim­il­ar­ities in the gov­ern­mental re­sponses to eco­nomic, in­fra­struc­tural and so­ci­etal dis­rup­tion? We con­tend that, des­pite dis­cip­linary bound­aries which sep­arate the … Continue reading →

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Surveillance & Society new issue on Big Data Surveillance

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Surveillance & Society new issue on big data surveillance – with a Society and Space commentary on related issues coming next week.

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