Author Archives: stuartelden

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot’s prison letters to Slavoj Žižek

Posted on November 17, 2013 by stuartelden

A remarkable exchange of letters between Nadezhda Tolokonnikova of Pussy Riot and Slavoj Žižek, published in The Guardian. [Update – a little more here]

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Inventive Methods: Data, Calculation, and Bodies, Chris Salter & Celia Lury

Posted on November 17, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on ANTHEM:
http://vimeo.com/66161202 The digitization of daily life has led to an unprecedented surge of data, with vast implications for calculation, measurement, valuation, and analysis across social and cultural research. This conversation between renowned artist Chris Salter and…

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Poverty and Dispossession: Land Grabs and the Right to Land and Resources

Posted on November 17, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
http://vimeo.com/66176247

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Atlas of migration in Europe launch event

Posted on November 17, 2013 by stuartelden

London, December 2nd 2013, launch of the Atlas of migration in Europe: A critical geography of migration policies. More details here. Thanks to Andrew Burridge for the link.

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Adam David Morton to give first Annual Warwick Lecture in IPE

Posted on November 17, 2013 by stuartelden

Adam David Morton (University of Nottingham) will give the first Annual Warwick Lecture in IPE, on 29 November 2013 at 5pm. He has more details at his blog. My presentation draws on my latest book Revolution and State in Modern Mexico, which … Continue reading →

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Empire, Biopower, Spectacle: Notes on Tiqqun

Posted on November 15, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Deterritorial Investigations :
Today’s territory is the product of many centuries of police operations. People have been pushed out of their fields, then their streets, then their neighborhoods, and finally and from the hallways of their buildings, in…

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James Scott reviews Jared Diamond’s The World Until Yesterday

Posted on November 15, 2013 by stuartelden

A devastating review in the London Review of Books.

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Simon Critchley – SHITISFUCKEDUPANDBULLSHIT

Posted on November 14, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwi67aHaodQ for the rest of his “short discourse on the consequences of the separation of power and politics” go to: https://www.ici-berlin.org/docu/critchley/?tx_bddbflvvideogallery_pi1%5Bvideo%5D=2

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Punk Sociology…cover, pre-orders, publisher’s site and an endorsement

Posted on November 14, 2013 by stuartelden

David Beer’s Punk Sociology forthcoming in January.

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Thomas Nail on the Politics of the Mask

Posted on November 14, 2013 by stuartelden

Thomas Nail reflects on the politics of the mask at the Huffington Post (reposted at critical-theory.com). You can also read my piece ‘V for Visibility‘ online.  

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