Category Archives: Territory

Melbourne talks on The Birth of Territory – full details and flyers

Posted on February 11, 2014 by stuartelden

26 February 2014, 12.30pm, “The Birth of Territory”, Monash University, Melbourne (Room N502, Menzies Building, Clayton Campus) – flyer, website 27 February 2014, 5pm, “The Birth of Territory”, RMIT University, Melbourne (Swanston Academic Building SAB, B80 L3 R15, City Campus) – flyer

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Talks in Melbourne this month on The Birth of Territory

Posted on February 10, 2014 by stuartelden

I will be giving two talks on The Birth of Territory this month in Melbourne. 26 February 2014, 12.30pm, “The Birth of Territory”, Monash University, Melbourne (Room N502, Menzies Building, Clayton Campus) – flyer, website 27 February 2014, 5pm, “The Birth of Territory”, RMIT University, … Continue reading →

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Urban Theory Lab at Harvard’s GSD – new website

Posted on February 8, 2014 by stuartelden

Neil Brenner’s Urban Theory Lab at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design has a really good new website. Among other things there is “Introducing the Urban Theory Lab” – a kind of manifesto and mission statement; links to various projects and … Continue reading →

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Foucault’s Last Decade – eighth update

Posted on February 7, 2014 by stuartelden

The first thing I did on arrival in Melbourne was finish work on a short piece on Grégoire Chamayou’s Manhunts for The Funambulist, which returns to some of the arguments I’ve made about Foucault and territory. I’m grateful to Léopold … Continue reading →

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REMEDIAEVAL: Proposal for a New Minigraph Book Series

Posted on February 7, 2014 by stuartelden

In the Middle has news of an interesting publishing venture from Eileen Joy and Karl Steel – REMEDIAEVAL, a New Minigraph Book Series. Here’s a couple of paragraphs, but you should really check out the whole post: Currently, the Middle Ages … Continue reading →

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Eyal Weizman – The Architecture of Ariel Sharon

Posted on February 4, 2014 by stuartelden

Eyal Weizman discusses Sharon’s architectural and spatial legacy at Al Jazeera. Whether in military uniform or in politics, Ariel Sharon’s time in power was characterised by construction and destruction frenzies that decisively shaped the physical realities in which both Israelis and … Continue reading →

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Brett Christophers – The Territorial Fix

Posted on February 3, 2014 by stuartelden

Brett Christophers has an interesting piece in Progress in Human Geography, entitled “The territorial fix: Price, power and profit in the geographies of markets” (requires subscription). It takes the notion of the ‘spatial fix’ developed by David Harvey and others … Continue reading →

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OCHA maps of the West Bank and Gaza access restrictions

Posted on February 2, 2014 by stuartelden

OCHA (U.N. Office for Coordination of Human Affairs) maps of West Bank and Gaza – especially focusing on access restrictions. Thanks to Léopold Lambert for the links.

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Álvaro Sevilla Buitrago – Hegemonía, gubernamentalidad, territorio

Posted on February 2, 2014 by stuartelden

If you read Spanish, this looks like a really interesting article linking Foucault, Gramsci and Lefebvre to the study of urban planning – ‘Hegemonía, gubernamentalidad, territorio. Apuntes metodológicos para una historia social de la planificación’ (via Álvaro’s blog – Multipliciudades).

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Saskia Sassen – Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy

Posted on February 1, 2014 by stuartelden

Saskia Sassen’s Expulsions is forthcoming in June 2014. Soaring income inequality and unemployment, expanding populations of the displaced and imprisoned, accelerating destruction of land and water bodies: today’s socioeconomic and environmental dislocations cannot be fully understood in the usual terms of … Continue reading →

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