Category Archives: Territory

Gastón Gordillo, The Politics of Ruins – interview with Léopold Lambert of The Funambulist

Posted on May 23, 2014 by stuartelden

A recording of a fascinating discussion between Léopold Lambert and Gastón Gordillo, “The Politics of Ruins: What’s Hidden Under Rubble” at The Archipelago – the podcast platform of The Funambulist. Here’s Léopold’s description of the discussion: In early May, Gastón Gordillo received me at … Continue reading →

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Darshan Vigneswaran, Territory, Migration and the Evolution of the International System

Posted on May 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Darshan Vigneswaran, Territory, Migration and the Evolution of the International System was published in September 2013. I missed it when it came out – thanks to Veronica della Dora for the alert. Contemporary international migratiåon makes border controls, bounded citizenship, and … Continue reading →

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Tom Scott, The City-State in Europe, 1000-1600 – now in paperback

Posted on May 21, 2014 by stuartelden

Tom Scott, The City-State in Europe, 1000-1600: Hinterland, Territory, Region is now available in paperback. No detailed comparison of the city-state in medieval Europe has been undertaken over the last century. Research has concentrated on the role of city-states and … Continue reading →

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Talking about Publishing, Urban Territory, and lots else

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

I was involved in three events this week. The first was the most wide-ranging – a filmed conversation with Babette Babich at Fordham University, that ranged from contemporary territorial issues to Kant, Leibniz, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault and Lefebvre; Greek geography to … Continue reading →

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Michael Watts on Boko Haram in the Huffington Post

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

Michael Watts in interviewed about Boko Haram in the Huffington Post. Thanks to Teo Ballvé for the link. As a reminder, my annotated bibliography on Boko Haram – which includes pieces by Michael – is available here.

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The Israeli ID-System and Palestinian Segregation – a powerful visualisation

Posted on May 15, 2014 by stuartelden

Visualising Palestine have done it again – a really powerful representation of the Israeli ID-System and Palestinian Segregation. Thanks to Léopold Lambert for the link.

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Deborah Cowen, The Deadly Life of Logistics – coming soon

Posted on May 7, 2014 by stuartelden

A forthcoming book from my friend and co-Society and Space editor, Deborah Cowen – The Deadly Life of Logistics: Mapping Violence in Global Trade. The book is due out in September 2014. A genealogy of logistics, tracing the link between markets and militaries, territory … Continue reading →

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Israel/Palestine – some striking images and graphics

Posted on May 3, 2014 by stuartelden

A collection of striking images and powerful graphics from Visualizing Palestine; collected and commented upon by The Rival Room.

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‘Peace Walls’ across the world – some striking photographs

Posted on May 3, 2014 by stuartelden

The translation is not good, but the images are striking – a collection of photographs of ‘peace walls’ across the world. Some in divided cities, some on disputed territory, some between states. The original Italian article is here.

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Tom Slater’s Bibliography on ‘Territorial Stigmatization’

Posted on May 1, 2014 by stuartelden

This is a useful resource – Tom Slater’s ‘An International Bibliography on Territorial Stigmatization‘. The work on this develops from Loïc Wacquant’s Urban Outcasts, and earlier references, with the suggestion that “the exploration of contemporary urban poverty must start with the powerful … Continue reading →

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