Category Archives: Publishing

Open access – for all?

Posted on October 4, 2011 by stuartelden

Ok, I don’t get it. There is a lot of discussion going on about open-access at the moment – partly, as I understood it, because people want to be able to read work; and partly because people want others to … Continue reading →

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Critical Inquiry new website

Posted on October 1, 2011 by stuartelden

The Critical Inquiry journal has a new website and a blog. Thanks to Clive at Pop Theory for the link.

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Tim Morton, Realist Magic and writing books

Posted on September 25, 2011 by stuartelden

Tim Morton is writing a couple of books, under the titles Realist Magic and Hyperobjects. And he’s writing them terrifyingly fast, blogging about it as he goes. His stuff is worth reading, so it clearly works for him. Graham Harman is similarly … Continue reading →

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Animal, Vegetable, Mineral: Ethics and Objects

Posted on September 25, 2011 by stuartelden

I mentioned the conference of this name before, and linked to audio recordings (here, here and here); now the book is coming out with Oliphaunt Books, an impress of Punctum Books. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen is the editor and posts more details here. … Continue reading →

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Thus Bakes Zarathustra on finishing a PhD

Posted on September 18, 2011 by stuartelden

The brilliantly named ‘Thus Bakes Zarathustra’ (academic stuff meets cooking) has a really helpful advice post on finishing a PhD. Definitely worth a look if you are anywhere in that process, and also helpful for planning and completing any large … Continue reading →

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Translation, discuss

Posted on September 18, 2011 by stuartelden

An interesting post, and developing discussion, about translation of philosophical texts, here.

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Verso on the last ten years

Posted on September 10, 2011 by stuartelden

There are retrospectives on the last ten years everywhere you look – and I’m flying to the US today so I expect tomorrow will be overwhelming. I have no intention of linking to most, or even a few, but the … Continue reading →

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Books/Publishing

Posted on August 30, 2011 by stuartelden

Over at Brian Leiter’s blog, there is a discussion about publishing books. The initial questions are asked by a philosopher, but they are fairly generic for humanities/social sciences. My response to the questions would be something like this. I’ve included … Continue reading →

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George Monbiot on academic publishing

Posted on August 30, 2011 by stuartelden

In The Guardian, fuller version on his own site. [update: some interesting comments on the New Apps blog. This obviously links to previous discussions of the topic. See, for example, my comments here. The final paragraph of that is, I … Continue reading →

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Antipode call for new cover art

Posted on August 26, 2011 by stuartelden

Antipode, the radical geography journal, has issued a call for new cover art. You can find full details, including earlier examples of cover art, here.

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