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Posted on May 22, 2011 by stuartelden

Back home in York. Lots to catch up on. Graham Harman’s review of Jane Bennett’s Vibrant Matter is in the new issue of New Formations (via Graham’s blog). Doesn’t seem to be available online. Visual/Method/Culture is a new blog from … Continue reading →

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Of: Becoming World – on William Connolly

Posted on May 20, 2011 by stuartelden

‘Of: Becoming World’ is the title of the talk I’ll be giving at the workshop on William E. Connolly’s A World of Becoming. I begin by showing how the title’s ambiguity hinges on the word ‘of’: there is so much … Continue reading →

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Macherey – Hegel or Spinoza page

Posted on May 19, 2011 by stuartelden

University of Minnesota Press now have a page up for Macherey’s Hegel or Spinoza, translated by Susan M Ruddick. As a reminder, the Society and Space blog has an interview with Sue about this project here, and Society and Space … Continue reading →

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Society and Space issue 3 out

Posted on May 17, 2011 by stuartelden

The new issue of Society and Space is now out. Papers by Edward S Casey, Kathleen Stewart, Kenneth Olwig and many others. Details, links, and info on open-access papers at the Society and Space blog.

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Edward Casey website

Posted on May 16, 2011 by stuartelden

Edward Casey of Stony Brook University, and one of the key philosophers of place, has a new website here. A couple of lectures are available as videos, the first of which will be in the next issue of Society and … Continue reading →

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Society and Space – writing its history

Posted on May 14, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve been spending the last several days writing the introduction to the volume of Society and Space papers for the Sage Environment and Planning collection. It’s been fascinating to go over the journal’s back issues, yet again, and trace the … Continue reading →

Posted in Derek Gregory, My Publications, Nigel Thrift, Society and Space | 1 Comment

Warwick workshop on “the normal and the pathological”

Posted on May 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting looking workshop in September (via John Protevi at New APPS) A workshop on “the normal and the pathological,” offered by the Contemporary Issues in Bioethics and Biopolitics research project University of Warwick, 27-28 September 2011 Confirmed speakers: Jean-Claude Dumoncel, Robert Bernasconi, Bill … Continue reading →

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Harman’s Meillassoux book

Posted on May 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Flyer here, with a discount price, and Žižek’s blurb.

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Cartographier le pouvoir, Foucault et Bourdieu

Posted on May 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Illustrated pamphlet on Foucault and Bourdieu, in French, here (via Foucault News).

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The Island of the Day Before

Posted on May 11, 2011 by stuartelden

In the workshop today, I mentioned the instance of Samoa proposing to change its position in relation to the international date line (story here). It seems to me a good little example to discuss the way time-zones work, their relation to space, … Continue reading →

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