Category Archives: Politics

Understanding the Changing Planet

Posted on November 27, 2010 by stuartelden

Understanding the Changing Planet: Strategic Directions for the Geographical Sciences is a report for the National Research Council by a team of geographers, led by Alexander Murphy of University of Oregon. Alec kindly gave me a copy when I visited earlier … Continue reading →

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UK student occupations and protests

Posted on November 27, 2010 by stuartelden

Alex Vasudevan does a good job of rounding up news on UK student occupations at his blog Experimental Geographies here. Being outside of the UK at the moment means I’ve been following what’s been happening on news sites and, increasingly blogs. … Continue reading →

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UK student protests

Posted on November 24, 2010 by stuartelden

Nina Power’s blog Infinite Thought offers a helpful roundup of protests and occupations in UK. A few days ago she also had a great report on the Marxism 2010 conference held in Dublin. Here in Seattle, the University is also closed, but … Continue reading →

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Roundup – Key Thinkers, Browne report, RPA, Tom Waits

Posted on November 20, 2010 by stuartelden

Key Thinkers on Space and Place is now available in a second edition. A valuable, albeit partial, resource. Nina Power on the Brown report here Devin Shaw offers some thoughts on the Radical Philosophy Association conference here. Tom Waits in … Continue reading →

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Mark Blyth on austerity

Posted on November 17, 2010 by stuartelden

This is a terrific video of Mark Blyth explaining and criticising ‘austerity’ (via here). Although the animations help, this is really good counter-argument to people who think you cannot achieve anything in a 20 minute conference slot. This is just … Continue reading →

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Gratton on the world and calculation

Posted on November 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Responding to my comments on the RPA, Peter Gratton offers his own thoughts on the conference and the notion of the world here; and then on the question of calculation here. He does the latter through some quotes from Dominique … Continue reading →

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Student protests in London

Posted on November 10, 2010 by stuartelden

I’m a long way from London today… But Nina Power’s pieces for The Guardian are worth reading. From her Infinite Thought blog… Jesus, that was quite a day.. Before the march I wrote this. After the march I wrote this. … Continue reading →

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Roundup – Guantánamo, Newcastle lectures, Foucault and space

Posted on November 8, 2010 by stuartelden

This is a bit of an ex-colleagues from Durham roundup. David Campbell has an interesting piece here on Edmund Clark’s Guantánamo exhibition and book. I’d seen some of the photographs themselves in The Guardian – here – but David’s commentary is … Continue reading →

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Roundup – Cuts, Leaks and Harvey on Method

Posted on October 23, 2010 by stuartelden

K-Punk – Mark Fisher, author of the excellent Capitalist Realism -has an impassioned piece about the UK cuts here. Over at Open Geography, Jeremy Crampton discusses the new Wikileaks documents. And David Harvey’s lecture on Marx’s method is available here.

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China Miéville’s ‘Letter to a progressive Liberal Democrat’

Posted on October 21, 2010 by stuartelden

China Miéville reacts to the cuts, and particularly Liberal Democrat complicity. Strong stuff, and strong language, here.

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