Author Archives: stuartelden

On the shelf

Posted on April 28, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
Just came across this little essay by Francesca Mari on shelving books….

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Animating Geopolitics – cfp for ISA panel in Toronto 2014

Posted on April 28, 2013 by stuartelden

Please send inquiries/abstracts of no more than 250 words to Vicki Squire V.J.Squire@warwick.ac.uk and/or Juanita Sundberg juanita.sundberg@ubc.ca by May 20, 2013. This panel aims to animate the spatial dimensions of geopolitics by focusing on the materiality of diverse bordering practices. The theme of animating geopolitics reflects recent … Continue reading →

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Deleuze, Lefebvre, Gadamer, Dworkin, Gandhi, Churchill

Posted on April 27, 2013 by stuartelden

Some interesting company in the Bloomsbury Revelations series…

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Earth

Posted on April 27, 2013 by stuartelden

Do any standard reference works in Geography have an explicit discussion of the concept of ‘earth’? I don’t mean Earth as the planet, but earth as element, ground, soil, land, etc.? There is no entry in The Dictionary of Human … Continue reading →

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Politics of Catastrophe review

Posted on April 27, 2013 by stuartelden

Politics of Catastrophe reviewed at the Society and Space open site.

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The Commons: in what state? – workshop in Manchester

Posted on April 26, 2013 by stuartelden

Please contact matthew.thompson@manchester.ac.uk with any inquiries One-day workshop for PhD and early career researchers organised by Open Space at the University of Manchester and sponsored by cities@manchester Date: Thursday 20th June 2013 This one-day workshop specifically for PhD and early career … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on April 25, 2013 by stuartelden

The new Oxford Dictionary of Human Geography, and the latest issues of Transactions and Annals. Rob Kitchin, one of the authors of the dictionary, reflects briefly on it here, and provides the text of the preface.

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Verso World History

Posted on April 25, 2013 by stuartelden

A number of books reissued as a series, including classic works by Robin Blackburn, Perry Anderson, Ernest Mandel, Lucian Febvre and Max Weber.

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After Neoliberalism? The Kilburn Manifesto

Posted on April 24, 2013 by stuartelden

Stuart Hall, Doreen Massey and Michael Rustin launch the Kilburn Manifesto. Stuart Hall explains the purpose in The Guardian; and the first chapter can be downloaded here. Although the neoliberal economic settlement is unravelling, its  political underpinning remains largely unchallenged. … Continue reading →

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Social Justice and the City at 40

Posted on April 24, 2013 by stuartelden

Details of a conference in New York celebrating 40 years of David Harvey’s classic Social Justice and the City (via Harvey’s blog).

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