Author Archives: stuartelden

Land claims conference in Ottawa

Posted on February 14, 2013 by stuartelden

Jeremy Schmidt links to information on the forthcoming  Land Claims Coalition Conference in Ottawa, and notes that the agenda is now available.

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Laura Kurgan – Close up at a Distance

Posted on February 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Interesting looking book forthcoming from Zone Books – Laura Kurgan, Close Up at a Distance: Mapping, Technology, and Politics.  The past two decades have seen revolutionary shifts in our ability to navigate, inhabit, and define the spatial realm. The data … Continue reading →

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Rob Walker lecture in Newcastle

Posted on February 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Despite All Critique: World Politics and Western Reason Revisited  Professor R. B. J Walker (University of Victoria/ PUC-Rio de Janeiro) With responses from Professor Louise Amoore and Dr Martin Coward; Chair – Dr Angharad Closs Stephens Monday 11 March, 3-5pm, … Continue reading →

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Africa and the War on Drugs

Posted on February 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Africa as the new site of the war on terror has been receiving a lot of attention recently, and the civil wars on the continent have long been discussed, but a recently published book looks at the war on drugs … Continue reading →

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Posted on February 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Posthegemony:
Louis Althusser’s Machiavelli and Us is a strange, tortured text that bears all the marks of its long germination. It originates in a lecture course given in 1962, which was cut short by Althusser’s nervous breakdown…

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Ben Gurion University politics department

Posted on February 13, 2013 by stuartelden

Haaretz has the news that the threat to the Ben Gurion University politics department has been withdrawn, with student recruitment allowed for next academic year.

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Posted on February 12, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on Open Geography:
Derek Gregory’s excellent recent lecture at UK in the Social Theory series “Gabriel’s Map: Cartography and Corpography in Modern War” is now available for viewing. (The sound is a bit faint until Derek starts speaking.)  …

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Posted on February 12, 2013 by stuartelden

Environment and Planning A special issue on Neogeography.

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Collapse VIII and new Laruelle translation, etc.

Posted on February 12, 2013 by stuartelden

Urbanomic have a number of new publications out or forthcoming. They include Volume VIII of Collapse, on casino capitalism, and François Laruelle’s From Decision to Heresy. More details at their homepage.

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Posted on February 12, 2013 by stuartelden

Ron Johnston reviews Peter Holland at the Society and Space open site.

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