Category Archives: Territory

Territory – The Map is Not…

Posted on May 3, 2017 by stuartelden

Thanks to dmf for pointing me to this intriguing project: Territory – themapisnot.com Territory is a literary project about territories and the maps that will always fail to capture them. It’s about the naive dream of objectivity, and how we use … Continue reading →

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Terrain’s Volume – video of my lecture to the Technologies of Space symposium in Oslo

Posted on April 28, 2017 by stuartelden

Terrain’s Volume – video of my lecture to the Technologies of Space: Verticality, Volume, Infrastructure symposium in Oslo in March 2017. The overall introduction is by Liv Hausken; the introduction to my lecture is by Susanne Østby Sather. The version here doesn’t show … Continue reading →

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The ICE LAW Project comes out from the cold

Posted on April 23, 2017 by stuartelden

The ICE LAW Project is close to concluding its first full year of funding and we’re in the midst of a particularly active few months. We’ve been providing regular updates on the ICE LAW Project’s website and Twitter feed. However,…

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The End of Term 2

Posted on March 27, 2017 by stuartelden

The Maynooth and Dublin events were the last of a sequence of talks. Over this term I also gave talks in London (SOAS, IHR, British Library), Durham, Oslo, and Kingston. Often invitations grew after acceptance – come to give a seminar, but also … Continue reading →

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Off to Maynooth and Dublin – talks on Terrain, publishing and Foucault

Posted on March 23, 2017 by stuartelden

It’s a little difficult to treat today as just another day, after the events in London yesterday, but I’m just about to head to Ireland for a couple of events. This evening at 4pm I’ll be giving a talk entitled “Terrain: … Continue reading →

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Vertical Power – reflections from the Oslo workshop by Liv Brissach (in Norwegian)

Posted on March 11, 2017 by stuartelden

Vertical Power – reflections from the Oslo workshop at which I spoke last week – by Liv Brissach (in Norwegian). My own thoughts are here.    

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Territory in Indeterminate and Changing Environments workshop – Amsterdam, 12 May 2017

Posted on March 8, 2017 by stuartelden

As part of my visit to Amsterdam between April and June I’m organising the first of the two Territory sub-theme workshops of the ICE-LAW Project. It will be on 12 May 2017. This workshop critically examines the extent to which … Continue reading →

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London Review of International Law lecture on ‘Legal Terrain’ – thanks and future plans

Posted on February 24, 2017 by stuartelden

Last night I gave the London Review of International Law annual lecture at SOAS. The title was ‘Legal Terrain’, and I added a subtitle ‘The Political Materiality of Territory’. Many thanks to all who attended, especially those whose journeys were … Continue reading →

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London Review of International Law lecture – Legal Terrain, 23 February 2017

Posted on February 22, 2017 by stuartelden

Tomorrow at 6.30pm I’ll be giving the London Review of International Law lecture on the topic of ‘Legal Terrain’.

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Map Projection Transitions – animated versions

Posted on February 22, 2017 by stuartelden

I usually begin my courses on geopolitics and territory with some discussion of map projections. Jason Davies has provides some good animated versions here – thanks to Rob Kitchin for the link.

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