Category Archives: Territory

The Politics of Land in the UK today

Posted on December 16, 2013 by stuartelden

The New Statesman has a good piece about land politics in the UK today, puncturing the myth of overcrowding and urban sprawl; indicating the enormous subsidies given to already-rich landowners; and effectively demonstrating the continuing importance of feudal relations. Here … Continue reading →

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Neil Brenner (ed.) Implosions/Explosions – sample pages available

Posted on November 25, 2013 by stuartelden

Sample pages for Neil Brenner’s collection, Implosions/Explosions: Towards a Study of Planetary Urbanization are now available on the publisher’s website. In 1970, Henri Lefebvre put forward the radical hypothesis of the complete urbanization of society, a circumstance that in his view required … Continue reading →

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Poverty and Dispossession: Land Grabs and the Right to Land and Resources

Posted on November 17, 2013 by stuartelden

Originally posted on synthetic zerØ:
http://vimeo.com/66176247

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ICJ defines area of Cambodian territory around the Temple of Preah Vihear

Posted on November 14, 2013 by stuartelden

Durham’s International Boundaries Research Unit has the story of the ICJ’s judgement on a dispute between Cambodia and Thailand that hit the news a few years ago. In a unanimous Judgment delivered on 11 November 2013, the International Court of … Continue reading →

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Territory, Politics, Governance – issue 2 published

Posted on November 12, 2013 by stuartelden

Vol 1 No 2 of Territory, Politics, Governance has just been published. Essays by Ananya Roy, Jamie Peck, Gerard Toal & John O’Loughlin and others, many open access. The whole of issue 1 (including pieces by Saskia Sassen, Kevin Cox and me) is … Continue reading →

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Rousseau – Property, Land, Territory

Posted on November 6, 2013 by stuartelden

Mark Purcell points to Rousseau’s ‘denunciation of property’ in the second discourse: The first person who, having enclosed a plot of land, took it into his head to say this is mine and found people simple enough to believe him, … Continue reading →

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Derek Gregory, Juan Cole and China Miéville on Israel/Palestine

Posted on November 4, 2013 by stuartelden

In Feedly this morning, a powerful juxtaposition – Derek Gregory on the West Bank wall, and Juan Cole on Israel’s new settlements in the West Bank. Derek links to a new photo essay by China Miéville presented at the Palestinian Literary … Continue reading →

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If all the ice melted – the world’s coastlines

Posted on November 4, 2013 by stuartelden

Powerful images from National Geographic.

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Shakespeare, Politics, Territory – a talk for prospective Warwick students

Posted on October 23, 2013 by stuartelden

On 21st October I gave a short talk to prospective students at the University of Warwick. These were students between the ages of 15 and 18. The topic, which was suggested for me, was ‘Shakespeare, Politics, Territory’. It’s pitched at … Continue reading →

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Performing sovereignty and territory – the trial of the ‘King of New Germany’

Posted on October 18, 2013 by stuartelden

Thanks to Ben Rosamond for sending me this story of the self-proclaimed king, Peter Fitzek, “who claims to have a established his own kingdom outside Wittenberg in the state of Saxony-Anhalt”, who was arrested for a driving offence. He produced “a … Continue reading →

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