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The Natures of War

Posted on November 14, 2014 by stuartelden

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
I have – at last – uploaded what I hope is the final version of ‘The Natures of War’ (DOWNLOADS tab).  It’s the long-form version of the first Neil Smith Lecture I gave at St Andrew’s…

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Video of my ‘Foucault, Subjectivity and Truth’ lecture at Nottingham Contemporary

Posted on November 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Video of my ‘Foucault, Subjectivity and Truth‘ lecture and the discussion following it, at Nottingham Contemporary gallery last night. The introduction is by Emma Moore, the discussion is with Colin Wright, Sophie Fuggle and Alex Vasudevan. This was a really … Continue reading →

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Interview with Ian Bogost

Posted on November 12, 2014 by stuartelden

Ian Bogost is interviewed at Dismagazine (via Graham Harman).

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Critical review of Grégoire Chamayou, Théorie du drone

Posted on November 12, 2014 by stuartelden

A very critical review of Grégoire Chamayou, Théorie du drone by Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer has been translated at booksandideas.net (original here). This book is forthcoming next year in English translation with Penguin as Drone Theory. For other takes on Chamayou’s work, see … Continue reading →

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Review essay of Branch, Sassen, Scott and Vigneswaran on historical and political understandings of territory, forthcoming in Society and Space

Posted on November 11, 2014 by stuartelden

I have a review essay of four books coming out in Society and Space in issue 1 next year. The books are Jordan Branch, The Cartographic State; Saskia Sassen, Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy; Tom Scott, The City-State in Europe, 1000-1600 and Darshan Vigneswaran, Territory, Migration, … Continue reading →

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Gastón Gordillo – ‘Passion for Terrain’; Léopold Lambert – ‘Spinozist Body/Terrain’

Posted on November 11, 2014 by stuartelden

There is an interesting piece by Gastón Gordillo on ‘Passion for Terrain’ at his Space and Politics blog. It’s mainly about wingsuit flying, but indicates some of the arguments of his book in progress Opaque Planet: Outline of a Theory … Continue reading →

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Call For Papers – ‘Thinking with Algorithms’, Durham, 26-27 Feb 2015

Posted on November 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Call For Papers for Workshop ‘Thinking with Algorithms: Cognition and Computation in the Work of N. Katherine Hayles’ Gala Theatre, Durham, 26-27 February 2015 Confirmed keynote speakers: Katherine Hayles (Duke University) Donald Mackenzie (Edinburgh University) Luciana Parisi (Goldsmiths, University of … Continue reading →

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Juliet Fall, Feminist Political Geography – the animated movie

Posted on November 9, 2014 by stuartelden

Juliet Fall has made another short animated movie, following the one she made on The Birth of Territory, which premiered at the Tampa AAG. This one is on ‘Feminist Political Geography’, and I make a cameo appearance (I’m the one in the … Continue reading →

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Two sessions on ‘Terrain’ at the Chicago AAG – organised by Stuart Elden and Gastón Gordillo

Posted on November 7, 2014 by stuartelden

Despite the AAG website meltdown, Gastón Gordillo and I have organised two sessions on Terrain for the Chicago Association of American Geographers meeting in April 2015. These sessions seeks to think critically, theoretically, and politically about the question of terrain. This … Continue reading →

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A new project on Lefebvre’s rural writings with Adam David Morton

Posted on November 6, 2014 by stuartelden

At the Warwick Politics and International Studies blog, Politics Reconsidered, Adam David Morton and I have a short post introducing a new research project. Entitled ‘Why read a long dead French Marxist to think about land struggles today?‘ the post discusses Lefebvre’s … Continue reading →

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