Author Archives: stuartelden

Crossrail – London as Laocoön

Posted on March 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Interesting piece, with several striking images, at BLDGBLOG on the London Crossrail project.

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Sighting Oil

Posted on March 11, 2013 by stuartelden

On a related topic to the last – I was teaching on ‘resource wars’ this morning – Adrian Ivakhiv points to the current issue of Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies, a special issue on Sighting Oil. He writes: The … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Links between oil, finance and government – the interactive infographic is well worth a look.

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“Mr. President, Tear Down This Wall”

Posted on March 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Michael Dear, author of the recent book Why Walls Won’t Work, and founding editor of Society and Space, writes on the US-Mexico border in The New York Times. Thanks to Andrew Burridge for the link. NEARLY 700 miles of walls now … Continue reading →

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Books received

Posted on March 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Three volumes of the Stanford Nietzsche translations; Stefano Guzzini’s The Return of Geopolitics in Europe? and the ‘Speculative Geographies’ volume of The State.

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Mark Blyth, Austerity

Posted on March 10, 2013 by stuartelden

Mark Blyth’s Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea is out shortly. There are several endorsements at the OUP page, and also a review by Henry Farrell in Washington Monthly. A series of videos show a talk he gave at … Continue reading →

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Posted on March 9, 2013 by stuartelden

Interview with Murder in Passing filmmakers at the Society and Space open site.

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Bridge and Adey responses to ‘Secure the Volume’

Posted on March 8, 2013 by stuartelden

The responses to my “Secure the Volume: Vertical Geopolitics and the Depth of Power” paper are now available. Gavin Bridge – Territory, now in 3D! Peter Adey – Securing the volume/volumen Along with my reply – Bodies, books, beneath.

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Will Self on the Right in Britain

Posted on March 8, 2013 by stuartelden

While overblown at times, this is nonetheless a very readable analysis of the Right in Britain (or perhaps England) in the present moment.

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A new publisher – Rowman and Littlefield International

Posted on March 8, 2013 by stuartelden

I recently met with Sarah Campbell, the editorial director of Rowman and Littlefield International, a new publisher part owned by the US Rowman and Littlefield, but with editorial independence. It sounds like they have very interesting plans for their list. … Continue reading →

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