Category Archives: Publishing

Walter Benjamin on writing

Posted on October 7, 2010 by stuartelden

This is wonderful – Walter Benjamin’s writing rules, taken from Sean Sturm’s blog. I’ve read this before, but only now does it really resonate. I may say more about why in a bit. I. Anyone intending to embark on a … Continue reading →

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More on articles

Posted on September 22, 2010 by stuartelden

Clare replies to my reply, here. My remarks were of course provocative. As a former journal editor myself I agree very strongly that it matters a great deal who reads the articles and my statement: ‘who cares who reads the … Continue reading →

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Geography Roundup

Posted on September 22, 2010 by stuartelden

Jeremy Crampton, author of the very good Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS, offers some thoughts on the new generation of GIS software here. Interesting observation on the relation between cartographic projects and the rise of the modern … Continue reading →

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Journal Articles

Posted on September 22, 2010 by stuartelden

At Refracted Input, Clare O’Farrell replies to my posts on publishing and writing. This may not necessarily be where Stuart’s comments were leading, but my own personal view is that journal publishing is not really where it’s at if you … Continue reading →

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Why we write

Posted on September 21, 2010 by stuartelden

I’ve been thinking a bit more about Graham’s post on being productive. He notes that the majority of his recent pieces have been in response to requests or commissions to write. Looking my last five years of publications, it’s clear … Continue reading →

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On publishing

Posted on September 19, 2010 by stuartelden

These are a few notes about publishing that I used in the workshop for (post)graduate students and early career researchers. They are based on my experience of editing journals, rather than necessarily my own experience as author. As ever they … Continue reading →

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Graham Harman on being productive

Posted on September 17, 2010 by stuartelden

You can read his reply to a graduate student question here. It clearly works for him, and there is some smart advice here. I think what is important – and I expect Graham would agree with this – is that … Continue reading →

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Publishing workshop

Posted on September 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Back in Durham for three days. Yesterday, Alec Murphy from the University of Oregon and I led a workshop on publishing for early-career researchers. The idea was that as editors of journals, Alec and I could offer some insight and … Continue reading →

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Enough already

Posted on September 12, 2010 by stuartelden

With the Foucault endorsement I’ve now cleared the last review task outstanding. Counting journal articles, book manuscripts and proposals, promotions, and grants, I’ve done 27 reviews of some kind in 2010. (This doesn’t include anything related to the journal I edit.) That’s probably … Continue reading →

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Other ambitious geography books

Posted on August 26, 2010 by stuartelden

Thanks for the suggestions so far. Of those made in ‘comments’, I think that several of them don’t fit what I was calling for. Ratzel is far too old, and Glacken (1967) and Tuan (1977) a bit older than I … Continue reading →

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