Author Archives: stuartelden

Felix Driver on the History of Geography

Posted on March 27, 2011 by stuartelden

In the comments to this earlier post of mine, some thoughts from Felix Driver. Since comments, especially to older posts, are not always noticed, I’m reposting here. Felix was, as my original post said, supportive of my piece. What he … Continue reading →

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And more writing advice

Posted on March 26, 2011 by stuartelden

This time from novelists, poets, etc. in The Guardian.

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More writing advice

Posted on March 26, 2011 by stuartelden

From the Chronicle here, via Dean Bond’s blog. Some choice snippets: Writers sit at their desks for hours, wrestling with ideas. They ask questions, talk with other smart people over drinks or dinner, go on long walks. And then write … Continue reading →

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Postmedieval Animals

Posted on March 25, 2011 by stuartelden

Issue 2.1 of the interesting new journal Postmedieval, devoted to the question of animals, is available free-access until the end of March. Find it here. Thanks to ‘In the Middle’ for the link.

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Writing Advice

Posted on March 25, 2011 by stuartelden

Here (via here). The last link takes you to Jo van Every’s advice blog, where she has been running a series on writing. The point with these – as said before – is not that the same thing works for … Continue reading →

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Scales of the Earth

Posted on March 25, 2011 by stuartelden

New Geographies 4, Scales of the Earth, edited by El Hadi Jazairy, is now available. The first Apollo images of the Earth have produced a perspective enabling humanity to act on Earth and its nature as if it controlled it from … Continue reading →

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Translating Schmitt and Meillassoux

Posted on March 24, 2011 by stuartelden

An interesting complaint about the packaging of Carl Schmitt translations here. The point is that these are slender volumes and could have been combined into something a little more worthwhile, which would also do away with the need for separate translator’s … Continue reading →

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More Lefebvre translations?

Posted on March 24, 2011 by stuartelden

Two publishers contact me on the same day about potential Lefebvre translations… I have some quite clear ideas of what of his so-far-untranslated work would be good, so hopefully this will lead to some new books in English.

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Not striking

Posted on March 24, 2011 by stuartelden

It is now 24th March, and I’m supposed to be on strike. But I’m not. This is completely new for me – to be part of a union that has called a strike, and not to follow. Why?  I’m on … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Order of Things diagram

Posted on March 23, 2011 by stuartelden

This is the diagram from Foucault’s The Order of Things. I couldn’t find it online, and wanted to use it in a talk. I’ve scanned it; cleaned it up a bit; and cut it in half so it is easier to … Continue reading →

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