Category Archives: Publishing

Rob Kitchin on beginning a new book

Rob Kitchin has some brief thoughts here on the process of beginning a new book – this time without a plan or a contract in place. I hope he says more about the process – if not the content – … Continue reading

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Some interesting thoughts from David Beer on the challenges of revising an article following reviews. This is nearly always difficult, but does sometimes help improve a piece.

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Speculations III published

Free to download – either entire issue of 510 pages or individual articles here. You can also buy a paper copy here. Papers by Benjamin Norris, Levi Bryant, Christopher Norris, translations, reviews of Andy Merrifield, Bryant,  Harman etc. This is the … Continue reading

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Lefebvre on Hitler

One of Lefebvre’s earliest books – very hard to find these days – was a short study of the first five years of Hitler’s dictatorship in Germany. Hitler au pouvoir, les enseignements de cinq années de fascisme en Allemagne, Paris: Bureau … Continue reading

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John Agnew and Martin Jones on Territory, Politics, Governance

In a series of short videos, John Agnew and Martin Jones discuss the new journal Territory, Politics, Governance. The links to the interviews are here– the full interview isn’t currently working – or you can go right to the transcript.

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Peter Suber on Open Access Publishing

Good discussion at Berfrois from Peter Suber of the Harvard Open Access Project.

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Journal of Urban Cultural Studies – website and call for papers

The Journal of Urban Cultural Studies will be published by Intellect, and has a website here. The subscription price is low, and authors can opt for open access at a price – but one that is considerably lower than many … Continue reading

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Writing – words a day, and daily routines

Posts on writing seem to get quite a bit of interest here, so I’ll use classicist Mary Beard’s question to say a little more about this again. In her TLS column, Beard asks ‘How many words can you write in a … Continue reading

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‘Best Practices in Journal Publishing’

Interesting and useful piece in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Association -freely available here. Lots to think about for everyone involved in journals – authors, editors, publishers, reviewers. Via The Brooks Blog.

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Radical Philosophy 174 out

Peter Nyers, Moving Borders: The Politics of Dirt Ackbar Abbas, Adorno and the Weather Peter Osborne, Disguised as a Dog: Cynical Occupy? Andrew McGettigan, The Privatization of Higher Education Nicholas Ray, Jean Laplanche, 1924-2012 Nina Power and Erica Lagalisse on … Continue reading

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