Category Archives: Neil Smith

Tributes to Neil Smith

Posted on September 30, 2012 by stuartelden

Many tributes to Neil Smith are appearing. There are several in the comments to the CUNY Graduate Center page, including from Trevor Barnes, John Agnew, Allen Scott, Sue Ruddick, Simon Dalby, Dick Peet, Ron Johnston, James Sidaway… too many to … Continue reading →

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Neil Smith, 1954-2012

Posted on September 29, 2012 by stuartelden

The Graduate Center at CUNY has the tragic news of the death early this morning of Neil Smith. Neil was a terrific scholar, incisive, creative and supportive, making several fundamental contributions to Geography and having a reach far beyond that … Continue reading →

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Michael Watts – Silent Violence reissue forthcoming

Posted on August 28, 2012 by stuartelden

Michael Watts’s classic Silent Violence: Food, Famine, and Peasantry in Northern Nigeria is coming out in early 2013 with University of Georgia Press in their excellent Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation series. As well as some really good new … Continue reading →

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Erik Swyngedouw, Andy Merrifield, Neil Smith – Every Revolution has its Space

Posted on June 6, 2012 by stuartelden

“Every Revolution has its Space: from Occupying Squares to Transforming Cities?” Presentations by: Erik Swyngedouw, Andy Merrifield, Neil Smith. Audio here. Thanks to Colin McFarlane for the link.

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Every Revolution has its Space: from Occupying Squares to Transforming Cities?

Posted on April 5, 2012 by stuartelden

OpenSpace is pleased to announce this Leverhulme Visiting Professorship event at The University of Manchester: “Every Revolution has its Space: from Occupying Squares to Transforming Cities?” Presentations by: Erik Swyngedouw, Professor of Geography, University of Manchester Andy Merrifield, Leverhulme Visiting … Continue reading →

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Alex Loftus – Everyday Environmentalism

Posted on March 18, 2012 by stuartelden

Interesting new book out by Alex Loftus – Everyday Environmentalism: Creating an Urban Political Ecology with University of Minnesota Press. UMP kindly sent me a publicity copy, and the timing was good – I read it immediately after Matthew Gandy’s … Continue reading →

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Matt Hannah – Dark Territory Review forum

Posted on March 13, 2012 by stuartelden

Review forum on Matthew Hannah’s book Dark Territory in the Information Age – here (requires subscription). Pieces by Neil Smith, Stephen Legg, Bernd Beliner, Patricia Ehrkamp and Jeremy Crampton, with a reply by Hannah. Such a shame about the prohibitive … Continue reading →

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