Category Archives: Publishing

Two pieces on peer review

Posted on September 14, 2012 by stuartelden

One in The Times Higher Education; the other in the Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies (requires subscription). The second is a wide-ranging piece with a lot of interesting points that go far beyond the specialist field the journal serves. I … Continue reading →

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Self Organized Seminar – links and files

Posted on September 10, 2012 by stuartelden

This site has a lot of resources – some links and some files of questionable provenance. It includes a complete pdf of my book Understanding Henri Lefebvre for instance.

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Rob Kitchin on beginning a new book

Posted on September 5, 2012 by stuartelden

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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Posted on September 5, 2012 by stuartelden

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

Posted on September 4, 2012 by stuartelden

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

Posted on August 28, 2012 by stuartelden

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

Posted on August 26, 2012 by stuartelden

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

Posted on August 25, 2012 by stuartelden

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

Posted on August 24, 2012 by stuartelden

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

Posted on August 9, 2012 by stuartelden

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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