Category Archives: Boundaries

Secure the Volume – Kentucky video

Posted on April 17, 2012 by stuartelden

The video of my presentation at the University of Kentucky. [Update: the higher resolution version has replaced the earlier one] The slides are somewhat blurred and the audience questions quiet, but may be of interest.

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Yale conference and homeward bound

Posted on April 15, 2012 by stuartelden

The Yale conference was good, with a wide range of perspectives. Though there was a clear clash of perspectives between the historians and geographies on the one hand, and the political scientists on the other, this was not unpleasant. The … Continue reading →

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Technologies of Bordering – Yale audio

Posted on April 14, 2012 by stuartelden

The audio of my presentation at the Yale conference – nothing especially new for people who know my work on territory already; and especially this piece – but may be of interest to some. Apologies for the noise in a … Continue reading →

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Yale borders conference

Posted on April 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Arrived in New Haven yesterday for the ‘Walls and Fences’ conference after several great days in and around the GSD. Neil was a great host, and some good conversations with him, his colleagues at the GSD and visitors. Got to … Continue reading →

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Walls and Fences – conference at Yale

Posted on April 2, 2012 by stuartelden

The details of the conference are now available – program and other links here.

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Israel’s other walls and fences

Posted on March 29, 2012 by stuartelden

The wall/fence/barrier in the West Bank gets most of the attention, but this is an interesting video on the other boundary fences Israel is erecting, on its borders with Lebanon, Egypt, Syria and in the West Bank with Jordan.

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Secure the Volume: Vertical Geopolitics and the Depth of Power

Posted on March 24, 2012 by stuartelden

For the past several days I’ve been writing – and almost as importantly, working with the images for – my lecture for Kentucky. At the moment it looks like it will cover… Area, Volume, Territory, Boundedness, the Volumetric, Political Technology, … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Conferences, Derek Gregory, Michel Foucault, Paul Virilio, Politics, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Space of the World | 5 Comments

Occupy the Cypriot buffer zone

Posted on March 8, 2012 by stuartelden

Interesting story here – thanks to Andrew Burridge for the link. Inspired by the global “Occupy” movement, youths from across the divide in Cyprus have joined forces to set up camp inside the buffer zone that has split the island since … Continue reading →

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Commentary on Nigeria

Posted on March 6, 2012 by stuartelden

I remain unimpressed by most Western coverage of Nigeria. This ‘Comment is Free’ piece by Remi Adekoya in The Guardian is, however, worth a look.

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Borders of Justice

Posted on February 23, 2012 by stuartelden

Borders of Justice – new book edited by Étienne Balibar, Sandro Mezzadra and Ranabir Samaddar. You can read the introduction here.

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