Category Archives: Society and Space

Eyal Weizman – Mengele’s Skull and Forensic Architecture

Posted on July 28, 2012 by stuartelden

Eyal Weizman’s The Least of All Possible Evils is getting much attention at the moment, but his short co-authored book with Thomas Keenan, Mengele’s Skull: The Advent of a Forensic Aesthetics is well worth a read too. In 1985, the … Continue reading →

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Olympics 2012 – Megaevents virtual issue

Posted on July 27, 2012 by stuartelden

This is a very topical virtual theme issue which draws papers from the Environment and Planning series of journals, including Society and Space. It begins with a newly written editorial by Francisco Klauser. The papers are open access. List of papers … Continue reading →

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Back from Edinburgh

Posted on July 6, 2012 by stuartelden

Good few days in Edinburgh, with a chance to catch up with old friends, though the rotten weather didn’t show the city at its finest. The ‘Bodies in Movement’ seminar on Coriolanus went well, with some really excellent responses from Paul … Continue reading →

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Off to Edinburgh

Posted on July 2, 2012 by stuartelden

Two important lectures, on Coriolanus and Volume; plus chairing Eyal Weizman for Society and Space‘s 30th anniversary .. A busy few days coming up.

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Two Society and Space pieces on Sloterdijk

Posted on June 26, 2012 by stuartelden

Over at the Society and Space open site, you can read Nigel Thrift’s (non-delivered) introduction to a recent lecture by Peter Sloterdijk at the Tate Modern. Peter Adey, Harriet Hawkins and Craig Martin then discuss the lecture itself.

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Thom Brooks on editing a journal

Posted on June 15, 2012 by stuartelden

Forthcoming editorial of the Journal of Moral Philosophy (via The Brooks blog). As he says, much of this is relevant for other disciplines than his own. The beginning is largely about launching a journal, but the second half is about running … Continue reading →

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Queer Space – new Society and Space virtual theme issue

Posted on June 10, 2012 by stuartelden

Put together by Natalie Oswin, a theme issue on ‘Queer Space‘ with 11 papers from the archive available open access for three months.

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Deborah Cowen website

Posted on May 4, 2012 by stuartelden

My friend and co-editor of Society and Space, Deborah Cowen, has a nicely designed website about her work. My work is concerned with the politics of space and questions of citizenship. I am captivated by the ways groups claim space, … Continue reading →

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Society and Space new issue out

Posted on April 16, 2012 by stuartelden

New issue of Society and Space out, including an open access set of responses to the 22 July 2011 events in Norway; papers by Jeff Malpas, Mustafa Dikeç, Adrian Evans & Mara Miele and others; and a theme section on … Continue reading →

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Boys Town Redux – Antipode supplement to Society and Space virtual theme issue

Posted on March 26, 2012 by stuartelden

Our colleagues at Antipode have put together a supplement to the ‘Boys Town Redux’ virtual theme issue Mary Thomas assembled for the Society and Space open site. A good number of papers – Rosalyn Deutsche, David Harvey, Gerry Pratt, Doreen … Continue reading →

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