Category Archives: Society and Space

Society and Space – new issue, blog, facebook

Posted on March 31, 2011 by stuartelden

Issue 2 of Society and Space is now available here. It includes commentaries on aid in Pakistan and the situation of the Roma people in Europe; a translation of Pierre Macherey with an introduction by the translator Susan Ruddick; and … Continue reading →

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Society and Space 29/1 out

Posted on February 3, 2011 by stuartelden

Vol 29 No 1 of Society and Space is now available – here It includes five papers on counterterror culture – films, novels, internet discussions – and papers on a range of other topics including animal research, urban planning in … Continue reading →

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Terror and Territory response

Posted on January 25, 2011 by stuartelden

The most enjoyable task of the day was drafting a response to four engagements with my Terror and Territory book. The pieces – by Katharyne Mitchell, Gunnar Olsson, Adam Ramadan and Michael Smith – were originally presented at the Association of … Continue reading →

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A day of editing

Posted on January 7, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve spent most of the day being an editor. This is not just for Society and Space, although I did spend a chunk of time on that today, but also for other projects. The Reading Kant’s Geography book is going … Continue reading →

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Administrative competence

Posted on January 6, 2011 by stuartelden

While dealing with other people’s incompetence, and not feeling at all well, I have been trying to get back on top of the journal work. Taking time off, even over the Christmas/New Year period, always results in a lot of … Continue reading →

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Society and Space co-editors

Posted on January 4, 2011 by stuartelden

I am delighted to announce that Society and Space has appointed three new co-editors. They are Peter Gratton (Professor of Philosophy, University of San Diego), Maia Green (Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester) and Jane Jacobs (Professor of Cultural … Continue reading →

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Leibniz, fossils, unicorns and the mammoth

Posted on December 1, 2010 by stuartelden

While working on Chapter Nine, I wrote a review of Leibniz’s Protogaea for Society and Space. It’s a fascinating book, in a very good bi-lingual edition, with some striking illustrations. Particularly interesting for the discussion of fossils, which is something … Continue reading →

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Really Blind Review

Posted on November 29, 2010 by stuartelden

The comments following the post on referee etiquette on the Leiter Report blog are worth reading. One theme in particular is worth reflecting on. Would the process of double blind review – referees don’t know the author; authors don’t know their … Continue reading →

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Referee etiquette

Posted on November 27, 2010 by stuartelden

The Leiter Blog posts some suggested guidelines from Thom Brooks on referee behaviour, along with a request for comments. I was hoping that you could help publicize some comments for feedback from your readers concerning referee guidelines. I am part … Continue reading →

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Issues in Progress

Posted on November 26, 2010 by stuartelden

Elsevier are launching a new system of publication they are calling ‘article-based publishing’. Details here. I’m sure most people have seen ‘online-first’, forthcoming papers, or similar systems. Society and Space has a page of just such papers here. But the Elsevier … Continue reading →

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