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The situation in Kano

Posted on January 22, 2012 by stuartelden

Susan is now in Abuja, having left Kano early this morning. No clear sense of where things go from here, but it was a large, well-coordinated attack on a number of different targets. The story was the lead on the … Continue reading →

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New BBC report on Kano

Posted on January 21, 2012 by stuartelden

Here. The death toll is much higher than official figures, and likely higher than the BBC reports. [Update: there is a Guardian report here, and they now seem to have a reporter in the country, albeit in Lagos, which is … Continue reading →

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A little more on the situation in Kano

Posted on January 21, 2012 by stuartelden

The news reports are not helpful in getting a sense of what is actually going on in Kano. The reports I linked to are being written largely by people outside of the country and relying on the AP reports. Nigerian … Continue reading →

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Bombs in Kano

Posted on January 21, 2012 by stuartelden

Yesterday there were a number of bombs and some shootings in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, where Susan is living and working. We’ve spoken on the phone a few times and the plan is that she and other British … Continue reading →

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Reading Kant’s Geography in Atlanta

Posted on January 20, 2012 by stuartelden

There will be a session on Reading Kant’s Geography, at the Eastern Division meeting of the American Philosophical Association, to be held in Atlanta, Georgia, 27-30 December 2012. No confirmed details as yet, though both Eduardo Mendieta and I plan to be … Continue reading →

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Air-Target and the Politics of Verticality

Posted on January 20, 2012 by stuartelden

Some very interesting looking pieces in a recent issue of Theory, Culture and Society – thanks to Oliver Belcher for the link. Will be good reading for my ‘volume’ work. Peter Adey, Mark Whitehead, and Alison J. Williams, “Introduction: Air-target: Distance, … Continue reading →

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Colin Flint, Introduction to Geopolitics

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stuartelden

Another textbook just received, also in its new second edition, is Colin Flint, Introduction to Geopolitics. Looks good, and also useful for teaching. Chapter Five is on ‘Territorial Geopolitics’. I do admire people who can write textbooks – not something … Continue reading →

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David Storey, Territories

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stuartelden

David Storey’s Territory: The Claiming of Space has now been published in a second edition, retitled Territories: The Claiming of Space. It’s a really helpful overview of events and debates and a great textbook which I use in my teaching. … Continue reading →

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Harman’s brief thoughts on Sloterdijk

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stuartelden

Graham Harman offers some brief thoughts on the Anglophone reception of Sloterdijk here. He mentions one of the recent collections on his work to appear in English, In Media Res – which is also available open access. I think Graham is … Continue reading →

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Lefebvre and Urban Revolution in New York

Posted on January 19, 2012 by stuartelden

For those in the New York area, this series of conversations should be of interest – details here. Speakers include Stanley Aronowitz, Neil Brenner, Manu Goswami, Stefan Kipfer, Kristin Ross and others. Thanks to David Wachsmuth for the link.

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