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Austerity and Crisis/Emergency

Posted on May 14, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Governing Emergencies:
Initial details of a workshop at Durham on ‘Austerity and Emergency/Crisis’. It’s not formally part of the network, but obviously linked. If anyone is interested in attending or contributing then please get in contact with…

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Fudge, Judy and Strauss, Kendra (Eds) 2013 Temporary work, agencies and unfree labour, reviewed by Ben Rogaly

Posted on May 14, 2014 by stuartelden

A new review at the Society and Space open site.

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Foucault Now (2014)

Posted on May 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
James Faubion (Editor), Foucault Now, Polity, February 2014 ISBN: 978-0-7456-6378-4 232 pages Publisher’s page Description Michel Foucault is recognized as one of the twentieth century’s most influential thinkers, however the authors in this volume contend…

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Five apps I find really useful for my writing and blogging

Posted on May 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Five apps I find really useful – Evernote – Dropbox – Sanebox – Feedly – WasteNoTime Evernote – I use this as my main repository for notes, links, lists, etc. I appreciate that you can clip websites directly to it, or email things to a direct address. As … Continue reading →

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Books received – Foucault, Babich & Ginev, Chevallier

Posted on May 13, 2014 by stuartelden

I’ve been trying not to accumulate books while in New York – despite living opposite Strand Books – to keep luggage weight down for the trip home. I am sure there is a small post mountain waiting for me back … Continue reading →

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Lefebvre and the devil – some thoughts from Angus Cameron

Posted on May 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Angus Cameron has some thoughts on one of Lefebvre’s little-known essays, ‘The Metamorphoses of the Devil’, which appeared in An Introduction to Modernity (now available for very little in the Verso Radical Thinkers series). In a very entertaining essay first published … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers – Beirut: Bodies in Public (9-11 October 2014)

Posted on May 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Call for papers for an interesting looking conference – full details here (thanks to Ghayde Ghraowi for the link). Beirut: Bodies in Public is a three-day workshop inviting artists and researchers to think through the interdisciplinary concerns surrounding performance in public space in … Continue reading →

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The Biopolitics of Biometrics: An Interview with Btihaj Ajana and David Beer

Posted on May 13, 2014 by stuartelden

The Biopolitics of Biometrics: An Interview with Btihaj Ajana, conducted by David Beer on the Theory, Culture & Society website. This interview focuses upon Btihaj Ajana’s recently published book Governing Through Biometrics: The Biopolitics of Identity (2013). Although the interview focuses centrally … Continue reading →

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Cambridge city seminar – audio and video recordings

Posted on May 12, 2014 by stuartelden

This looks a valuable resource – audio and video recordings from the University of Cambridge city seminar. Thanks to dmfant for the link.

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Derek Gregory, ‘The Natures of War’ – Neil Smith memorial lecture

Posted on May 11, 2014 by stuartelden

I made time to watch this powerful, and moving, lecture recently. I think I linked to it at the time, but worth a reminder. Well worth the time – some very good discussion of terrain and nature in warfare – … Continue reading →

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