Author Archives: stuartelden

Eyal Weizman – The Architecture of Ariel Sharon

Posted on February 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Eyal Weizman discusses Sharon’s architectural and spatial legacy at Al Jazeera. Whether in military uniform or in politics, Ariel Sharon’s time in power was characterised by construction and destruction frenzies that decisively shaped the physical realities in which both Israelis and … Continue reading →

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The Productive Body by Didier Deleule and François Guéry

Posted on February 3, 2014 by stuartelden

An important 1972 book, mentioned by Foucault in Discipline and Punish, is finally coming out in English translation in March 2014, with an excellent introduction by the translators. The Productive Body asks how the human body and its labor have been … Continue reading →

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Deleuze / Foucault: A Neoliberal Diagram (2013)

Posted on February 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Deleuze / Foucault: A Neoliberal Diagram, Mediatropes Vol 4, No 1 (2013) Link to issue. Full PDFs available Table of Contents Editorial Introduction: Neoliberal Diagrammatics and Digital Control Matthew Tiessen, Greg Elmer IPO 2.0: The…

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Brett Christophers – The Territorial Fix

Posted on February 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Brett Christophers has an interesting piece in Progress in Human Geography, entitled “The territorial fix: Price, power and profit in the geographies of markets” (requires subscription). It takes the notion of the ‘spatial fix’ developed by David Harvey and others … Continue reading →

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Peters on Jensen’s Staging Mobilities

Posted on February 3, 2014 by stuartelden

A new review at the Society and Space open site.

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OCHA maps of the West Bank and Gaza access restrictions

Posted on February 2, 2014 by stuartelden

OCHA (U.N. Office for Coordination of Human Affairs) maps of West Bank and Gaza – especially focusing on access restrictions. Thanks to Léopold Lambert for the links.

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Althusser, On the Reproduction of Capitalism – the translator’s list of errata

Posted on February 2, 2014 by stuartelden

While most of us are still waiting to see the translation of Althusser’s On the Reproduction of Captalism, the translator G.M. Goshgarian has provided a list of errata. It would be interesting to know the story behind this – lack of … Continue reading →

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Álvaro Sevilla Buitrago – Hegemonía, gubernamentalidad, territorio

Posted on February 2, 2014 by stuartelden

If you read Spanish, this looks like a really interesting article linking Foucault, Gramsci and Lefebvre to the study of urban planning – ‘Hegemonía, gubernamentalidad, territorio. Apuntes metodológicos para una historia social de la planificación’ (via Álvaro’s blog – Multipliciudades).

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# THE FUNAMBULIST PAPERS 47 /// Nazi Architecture as Affective Weapon by Gastón Gordillo

Posted on February 2, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on The Funambulist:
Today’s guest writer is Gastón Gordillo, professor in anthropology at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, to whom we owe the great work on Space and Politics, as well as a forthcoming book, Rubble (Duke University…

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Foucault, La Société punitive video of discussions – Harcourt, Balibar, Defert

Posted on February 1, 2014 by stuartelden

The video of a discussion between Bernard Harcourt, Étienne Balibar, Daniel Defert, Pierrette Poncela and Corentin Durand on Foucault, La Société punitive, with links to subsequent sessions. Thanks to Graham Burchell for the link.

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