Category Archives: Society and Space

Academic publishers and access to articles

Posted on August 15, 2011 by stuartelden

This was posted to the crit-geog-forum list earlier today, in response to a suggestion that all list members refuse to sign standard journal copyright forms, retaining the rights to put their work online as open access immediately. The Science Commons website – http://sciencecommons.org/projects/publishing/scae/ – was … Continue reading →

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Society and Space virtual theme issue on Urban Disorder and Policing

Posted on August 12, 2011 by stuartelden

Seven papers from the archive, freely available for two months, have been grouped into a virtual theme issue of Society and Space. The theme is ‘urban disorder and policing’ and we hope that these papers will provide a range of … Continue reading →

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What I’ve done so far this summer…

Posted on July 30, 2011 by stuartelden

I posted my list of things to do this summer some weeks ago. I don’t feel I’ve been at my most productive by a long way, due to a whole range of things, but… The two introductions to the Sage … Continue reading →

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Mitch Rose on Egypt

Posted on July 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Commentary on democracy and transition in Egypt by Mitch Rose over at the Society and Space blog.

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Jane M Jacobs interview

Posted on July 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Over at the Society and Space blog new co-editor Jane Jacobs is interviewed by continuing co-editor Deborah Cowen.

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Society and Space issue 4 out

Posted on July 9, 2011 by stuartelden

This year’s issue 4 is now out. It contains papers on topics such as Lefebvre, border crossings, the world cup, bees, the city as assemblage and planning in East Jerusalem; along with an interview with Sandro Mezzandra, and four linked commentaries … Continue reading →

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Roundup

Posted on June 13, 2011 by stuartelden

Very interesting interview with Jeffrey Jerome Cohen here. Beowulf and Grendel; why ‘speculative realism’ is more use for medieval studies than Agamben; race, gender, nationalism; and contemporary politics like the ‘war on terror’. Over at the Society and Space blog, Bradley … Continue reading →

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Summer work

Posted on June 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Lots to do this summer (though it doesn’t exactly feel like summer in York)… Finish ‘Society and Space’ volume introduction and draft introduction to ‘Foundations’ volume for the Sage Environment and Planning collection. Submit the paper on King Lear that … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Cricket, Cycling, Fossils, Michel Foucault, My Publications, Society and Space, teaching, The Birth of Territory, The Space of the World, Travel | 2 Comments

Roundup

Posted on May 29, 2011 by stuartelden

Bryan Magee’s TV interviews on philosophy are now available on You Tube here (via Leiter Reports). These interviews were collected as The Great Philosophers: An Introduction to Western Philosophy which was one of the first books on philosophy I read, but … Continue reading →

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More on Aerographies

Posted on May 22, 2011 by stuartelden

The current issue of Society and Space has a theme section on ‘Aerographies’, guest edited by Mark Jackson and Maria Fannin. Over at the Society and Space blog there is an open access companion piece by some of the authors … Continue reading →

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