Category Archives: Derek Gregory

Derek Gregory on Eyal Weizman’s Forensic Architecture Project

Posted on August 9, 2012 by stuartelden

Some discussion and lots of useful links here.

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Modes of Writing

Posted on July 18, 2012 by stuartelden

Following from the last post, I’m struck by Derek Gregory writing about his ‘Deadly Embrace’ lecture, because he outlines a mode of working that is almost the reverse of mine. Derek explains how he begins with the visual, and then over … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory’s Ten Rules for Presentations

Posted on July 18, 2012 by stuartelden

Find them here. If everyone followed these then conferences would be a lot more tolerable.

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Derek Gregory blog – Geographical Imaginations

Posted on July 17, 2012 by stuartelden

Derek Gregory has just started a blog at Geographical Imaginations. So far there are links to a number of his papers since The Colonial Present, future speaking dates, and a post where he talks about his current writing practices. Definitely … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory – Supplying war in Afghanistan: the frictions of distance

Posted on June 12, 2012 by stuartelden

At the Open Democracy website. Pakistan has said NATO’s supply convoys can cross the Afghan border so long as America’s drones do not. Though the expanded use of cyberwarfare, covert special forces and drones is designed to overcome the frictional … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Derek Gregory – Deadly Embrace

Posted on March 20, 2012 by stuartelden

The audio and slides of Derek Gregory’s British Academy lecture ‘Deadly Embrace: War, Distance and Intimacy’ are available here. He gave the same lecture at the University of Manchester yesterday, and it was excellent. Great dinner with Derek, Maja Zehfuss, … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory – British Academy lecture

Posted on February 14, 2012 by stuartelden

Deadly Embrace: War, Distance and Intimacy Professor Derek Gregory FBA Wednesday 14 March, 2012, 6.00-7.15pm The British Academy, 10-11 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH It has become commonplace to claim that contemporary wars are fought from a distance: the … Continue reading →

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Security and Geopolitical Space – readings

Posted on February 14, 2012 by stuartelden

My visit to the University of Kentucky for the Committee on Social Theory is part of a class on ‘Security’. The idea is that the four visiting speakers give public lectures and then have a discussion session with the students taking … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory – The Everywhere War

Posted on January 25, 2012 by stuartelden

via Territorial Masquerades, the audio of a lecture by Derek Gregory is available online.

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