Author Archives: stuartelden

Spatiality, Sovereignty and Carl Schmitt

Posted on May 22, 2011 by stuartelden

The Spatiality, Sovereignty and Carl Schmitt: Geographies of the Nomos collection, edited by Stephen Legg, is now out. The writings of Carl Schmitt are now indissociable from both an historical period and a contemporary moment. He will forever be remembered … Continue reading →

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Roundup

Posted on May 22, 2011 by stuartelden

Back home in York. Lots to catch up on. Graham Harman’s review of Jane Bennett’s Vibrant Matter is in the new issue of New Formations (via Graham’s blog). Doesn’t seem to be available online. Visual/Method/Culture is a new blog from … Continue reading →

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Of: Becoming World – on William Connolly

Posted on May 20, 2011 by stuartelden

‘Of: Becoming World’ is the title of the talk I’ll be giving at the workshop on William E. Connolly’s A World of Becoming. I begin by showing how the title’s ambiguity hinges on the word ‘of’: there is so much … Continue reading →

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China, by mistake

Posted on May 20, 2011 by stuartelden

This morning I thought I would go up to Lo Wu, which is the last stop on the Hong Kong metro, and right on the Chinese border. I thought it would be like the ‘border gate’ to the north of Macau, … Continue reading →

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Hong Kong

Posted on May 20, 2011 by stuartelden

My visit to Hong Kong overlapped with the last days of the visit of a few people that had attended the Urban Utopianism workshop, which was good. Met some interesting new people and some came along to my talk on ‘Territory’ to … Continue reading →

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Macherey – Hegel or Spinoza page

Posted on May 19, 2011 by stuartelden

University of Minnesota Press now have a page up for Macherey’s Hegel or Spinoza, translated by Susan M Ruddick. As a reminder, the Society and Space blog has an interview with Sue about this project here, and Society and Space … Continue reading →

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Teaching Fellows at Durham Geography

Posted on May 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Two posts in the Geography department at Durham Teaching Fellow in Urban/Social Geography Teaching Fellow in Quantitative Geography and GIS/Remote Sensing Please contact either Joe Painter (j.m.painter@durham.ac.uk) or Rachel Pain (Rachel.pain@durham.ac.uk) for further information.

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Society and Space issue 3 out

Posted on May 17, 2011 by stuartelden

The new issue of Society and Space is now out. Papers by Edward S Casey, Kathleen Stewart, Kenneth Olwig and many others. Details, links, and info on open-access papers at the Society and Space blog.

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Macau developments

Posted on May 16, 2011 by stuartelden

A small but interested audience today for the talk on fossils – final day of exams, so not good timing. In the questions I said a bit more about the thinking behind the book project. It’s also been good to have another … Continue reading →

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Edward Casey website

Posted on May 16, 2011 by stuartelden

Edward Casey of Stony Brook University, and one of the key philosophers of place, has a new website here. A couple of lectures are available as videos, the first of which will be in the next issue of Society and … Continue reading →

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