Author Archives: stuartelden

Urban Theory Lab at Harvard’s GSD – new website

Posted on February 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Neil Brenner’s Urban Theory Lab at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design has a really good new website. Among other things there is “Introducing the Urban Theory Lab” – a kind of manifesto and mission statement; links to various projects and … Continue reading →

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Manifesto of the Groupe d’Information sur les prisons – a full translation

Posted on February 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
This text was co-authored by Michel Foucault, Pierre Vidal-Nacquet and Jean-Marie Domenach, and was first read at a news conference on 8 February 1971. It was subsequently published in Esprit in March 1971. As far as…

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Geographies of Social Movements

Posted on February 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
Picked this up via Andy Davies on Twitter, details of a rolling bibliography of work on the geographies of social movements developed by Sara Koopman.

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Mega events virtual theme issue – republished

Posted on February 8, 2014 by stuartelden

The Environment and Planning virtual theme issue on megaevents is open access again for the duration of the Sochi Winter Olympics.

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Foucault “Discourse and Truth. The Problematization of Parrhesia”

Posted on February 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Open Geography:
      Does anyone know if Foucault’s 1983 lecture series “Discourse and Truth the Problematization of Parrhesia” has ever been put online in the above format? I don’t mean the audio lectures, the book…

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Foucault’s Last Decade – eighth update

Posted on February 7, 2014 by stuartelden

The first thing I did on arrival in Melbourne was finish work on a short piece on Grégoire Chamayou’s Manhunts for The Funambulist, which returns to some of the arguments I’ve made about Foucault and territory. I’m grateful to Léopold … Continue reading →

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REMEDIAEVAL: Proposal for a New Minigraph Book Series

Posted on February 7, 2014 by stuartelden

In the Middle has news of an interesting publishing venture from Eileen Joy and Karl Steel – REMEDIAEVAL, a New Minigraph Book Series. Here’s a couple of paragraphs, but you should really check out the whole post: Currently, the Middle Ages … Continue reading →

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CFP: The Politics of Legality in a Neo-liberal Age – symposium in Sydney August 2014

Posted on February 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Posted on behalf of Ben Golder (b.golder@unsw.edu.au): This symposium will examine the nexus between the political dominance of liberal legal ideas and the economic dominance of neo-liberal capitalism. According to classical liberal theory the state is legitimate to the extent … Continue reading →

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Will Self on Guy Debord

Posted on February 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
Will Self on Guy Debord Will Self in discussion with Patrick Keiller and Matthew Beaumont at the LRB bookshop.

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Jennifer Atchison and Lesley Head – Photo gallery on invasive plant management

Posted on February 7, 2014 by stuartelden

A photo gallery to accompany a recent Society and Space article – one of the many things that the open site can do that the traditional journal alone would find much harder.

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