Category Archives: Territory

Books received

Posted on May 28, 2013 by stuartelden

The Korean translation of Lefebvre’s Rhythmanalysis (including my introduction from the English translation); Jacob Taubes, To Carl Schmitt; Richard J. Bernstein’s Violence; and the 2013 diary from Passia, with a wealth of maps, information and data on Palestine, along with … Continue reading →

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The Northern Nigerian State of Emergency

Posted on May 24, 2013 by stuartelden

My Boko Haram paper is lying dormant while I mark exams, and embark on the buying and selling of homes, and is in danger of being over-taken by events. I’ve been keeping up-to-date on the developments in the north-east of the … Continue reading →

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The Funambulist Pamphlets

Posted on May 21, 2013 by stuartelden

One of my favourite blogs, The Funambulist, teams up with one of the most interesting and challenging new publishing outlets, Punctum Books, to produce a series of little books on themes covered on the blog. The twelve first volumes are … Continue reading →

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The Dimensions of Territory – audio of talk at Al Quds Bard Honors College

Posted on May 20, 2013 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my talk earlier this month at Al Quds Bard Honors College, “The Dimensions of Territory”, is available here. For people who know my work on territory it doesn’t have much new, but it tries to give … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Eyal Weizman, Michel Foucault, Paul Virilio, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Stephen Graham, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, urban/urbanisation | 1 Comment

Cara Nine, Global Justice and Territory reviewed

Posted on May 18, 2013 by stuartelden

Cara Nine’s Global Justice and Territory is reviewed at NDPR. This book is one of a few recent books by political philosophers looking at questions around territory. After neglect, this is certainly a good thing. However, as I’ve noted before, … Continue reading →

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Remember these?

Posted on May 16, 2013 by stuartelden

Offprints of my article ‘How should we do the history of territory?’ in the new journal Territory, Politics, Governance – I can’t remember the last time I had paper offprints rather than a pdf. Some journals don’t even give you … Continue reading →

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An Ongoing Displacement

Posted on May 15, 2013 by stuartelden

65 years since the Nakba, another powerful infographic from Visualizing Palestine.

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Books received

Posted on May 14, 2013 by stuartelden

A lot of books arrived while I was away. Many of these are background reading on Israel/Palestine, a couple of which I’d read before, but Maha Samman’s Trans-Colonial Urban Space in Palestine is to review; the new issues of Society … Continue reading →

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Abu Jihad Museum for the Prisoners Movement Affairs

Posted on May 14, 2013 by stuartelden

On the Al Quds University campus in Abu Dis is a small museum about Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. I had an all-too-brief tour of it in between meetings. Many of the exhibits are powerful enough without explanation, but much … Continue reading →

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A week at Al Quds Bard Honors College

Posted on May 14, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve just got back from spending a week working with Al Quds Bard Honors College in the occupied Palestinian territories, as part of the Open Society Institute’s Academic Fellowship Program. Al Quds Bard is a partnership between Al Quds University and … Continue reading →

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