Category Archives: Territory

Gough map

Posted on April 7, 2011 by stuartelden

In a comment to an earlier post, Keith Lilley mentions the Gough Map. Definitely worth a look at the website of the project Keith has been leading on this map, usually thought to be from the 14th century. Lots of … Continue reading →

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Agnew, Elden, Nelson review essay

Posted on March 28, 2011 by stuartelden

In the International Studies Review, a thoughtful review essay by Thomas J. Rubeck of John Agnew’s Globalization and Sovereignty; my Terror and Territory; and Scott Nelson’s Sovereignty and the Limits of the Liberal Imagination. A few excerpts on Terror and … Continue reading →

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Talking about territory in Tasmania

Posted on March 21, 2011 by stuartelden

I gave my seminar on The Birth of Territory at the University of Tasmania today. Seemed to go well, with a good audience and interesting questions. The second event was a panel discussion with Jeff Malpas and Godfrey Baldacchino, chaired … Continue reading →

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Libya, the UN and airstrikes

Posted on March 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Now that the UN has voted for ‘all necessary measures’ short of an invasion, airstrikes cannot be far away. The UN website still doesn’t have resolution 1973 up, but it is available here. OP4 is the crucial one: 4. Authorizes … Continue reading →

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Driver on Mapping the ‘MidEast’

Posted on March 3, 2011 by stuartelden

In the History Workshop Journal, Felix Driver discusses the cartographies of media representations of the recent uprisings and protests.

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Finishing books

Posted on February 24, 2011 by stuartelden

In our Singapore discussion, Matt Sparke reminded me of a book I read several years ago when beginning my PhD but haven’t looked at since – Klaus Theweleit, Male Fantasies. Despite what the title might suggest, it’s actually a reading … Continue reading →

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Territory and Geopolitics discussion

Posted on February 18, 2011 by stuartelden

Interesting discussion session with Matt Sparke in Singapore yesterday. We discussed chapter 5 from Matt’s 2005 book In the Space of Theory, the intro to my Terror and Territory, and the ‘Land, Terrain, Territory’ piece. Henry Yeung was as ever a … Continue reading →

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Paul Mason on the recent global unrest

Posted on February 7, 2011 by stuartelden

Newsnight’s Paul Mason offers some generalisations on the recent global unrest here. He stresses the importance of social media, the decline of ideologies, the role of women, the importance of memes, and so on. Mentions Foucault, Chomsky, Hardt and Negri, … Continue reading →

Posted in Antonio Negri, Gilles Deleuze, Michael Hardt, Michel Foucault, Noam Chomsky, Politics, teaching, Territory | Leave a comment

Crampton, Cartography, Calculation, Territory

Posted on January 28, 2011 by stuartelden

Jeremy Crampton responds to the Latourian argument about maps here; and notes in his previous post that his paper “Cartographic calculations of territory” is now published in Progress in Human Geography.

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2011 publications preview

Posted on December 17, 2010 by stuartelden

2011 should see both the Kant and Sloterdijk edited books out, in June and November respectively. In addition the Environment and Planning collection (five volumes) with Sage should be out late in the year. I have chapters in these books … Continue reading →

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