Category Archives: Territory

Elden, Gregory, Sevilla-Buitrago in ACME

Posted on November 12, 2011 by stuartelden

ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, Vol 10 No 2 is now available. It includes the English version of a discussion between me, Derek Gregory and Álvaro Sevilla-Buitrago that was originally published earlier this year in a Spanish translation: … Continue reading →

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End of October

Posted on October 28, 2011 by stuartelden

October has been a slog. I’ve now done half of my teaching for this academic year. In one month. Okay, this means that the rest of the year is going to be relatively easy on that front, but naturally there … Continue reading →

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‘In praise of borders’

Posted on October 28, 2011 by stuartelden

First of a series in the New York Times. Engaging in its sense of fascination; naïve in its politics. The author’s Strange Maps blog is also worth a look.

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Longer Times, Wider Geographies text

Posted on October 21, 2011 by stuartelden

I previously posted the audio recording of my comments to the Tyneside Stop the War coalition meeting. The whole event was recorded by the organisers, and you can find that here. The text of my talk is now available here. … Continue reading →

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Nowhereisland

Posted on October 15, 2011 by stuartelden

Nowhereisland is an interesting art project with a political and geographical twist. Retreating sea ice led to the discovery of a previously uncharted island in Svalbard. Artist Alex Harley was given a grant to remove material from the island and … Continue reading →

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‘Land, Terrain, Territory’ in Hebrew

Posted on October 9, 2011 by stuartelden

My ‘Land, Terrain, Territory’ paper is coming out in Hebrew translation. It will be in issue 4 of  Mafte’akh: Lexical Review of Political Thought  – a project based out of the Minerva Humanities Center at Tel Aviv University. It will appear under a … Continue reading →

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Longer Times, Wider Geographies

Posted on October 6, 2011 by stuartelden

I’ve uploaded an audio recording of my comments to the meeting last night of the Tyneside Stop the War coalition meeting. The meeting was held to mark ten years since the war on Afghanistan started. The first speaker Lindsey German, of Stop … Continue reading →

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The Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki

Posted on October 2, 2011 by stuartelden

It has been the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki that has made the headlines, though it appears that among the others killed were two other US targets (report here). Among the reactions worth reading are Juan Cole, the Disorder of Things … Continue reading →

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2012 talks

Posted on September 27, 2011 by stuartelden

One of the things I’ve been working on since I got back is the schedule of talks for early 2012. I’d already agreed to give a couple of talks on ‘volume’ (part of The Space of the World project) in March … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Gottfried Leibniz, Pierre Macherey, Territory, The Space of the World, Travel | Leave a comment

Judith Butler on Palestine

Posted on September 26, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting piece by Judith Butler on the Palestine bid for statehood and the demise of the Oslo accords in the London Review of Books. One small excerpt: If nothing else, a new set of dynamics will be inaugurated through the … Continue reading →

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