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Evgeny Morozov & David Harvey on post-neoliberalism, Trump, infrastructure, sharing economy, smart city

Originally posted on Deterritorial Investigations :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb6rhHyJJ_4

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Books received – Sullivan, Rogers, Foucault companion, journals

. A copy of Garrett Sullivan Jr’s classic The Drama of Landscape, kindly sent by Garrett. I use this extensively in my work on Shakespeare. Dallas Rogers also sent a copy of his new book The Geopolitics of Real Estate, … Continue reading →

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Promoted from doctor to professor: what changes?

Promoted from doctor to professor: what changes? – various people, including my ex-Durham colleague Harriet Bulkeley, give their take on this in The Times Higher Education.

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Society and Space book series – first two volumes by Bulley and Klauser out soon

Over the past several years I’ve been working with Sage on a Society and Space book series, which is linked to the Environment and Planning D: Society and Space journal (now published by Sage). There are several books under contract or … Continue reading →

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Volumetric Urbanism: Charting New Urban Divisions, Sheffield, 24-25 May 2017

VOLUMETRIC URBANISM: Charting new urban divisions [pdf] An International Workshop University of Sheffield and University of Western Sydney Sheffield, United Kingdom, 24-26th May 2017. Organisers: Simon Marvin, Urban Institute, Rowland Atkinson, Inclusive Societies at the University of Sheffield and Donald McNeill … Continue reading →

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A response to the publishing advice from yesterday from David Enoch

A few people didn’t like the publishing advice I linked to yesterday, so here’s a response from the same blog, the Daily Nous, from David Enoch. But do look at the comments to the original post, where Jason Brennan responds … Continue reading →

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Endorsements for Foucault: The Birth of Power from Caren Kaplan and Bernard Harcourt

Two very generous endorsements for my next book Foucault: The Birth of Power, due out in early 2017. ‘Foucault: The Birth of Power opens an illuminating window into the process of political awakening and philosophical transformation as intellectual history. Drawing … Continue reading →

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New Historical Materialism website

New Historical Materialism website – looks good.

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A great comment from a university press editor on publishing

A great comment to Productive in Publishing (guest post by Jason Brennan) at the Daily Nous. Matt McAdam ·November 10, 2016 at 1:39 pm I think this is all very good advice, and I also think those who find it … Continue reading →

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Some of the best advice I’ve read on being productive in publishing

Productive in Publishing (guest post by Jason Brennan) at the Daily Nous. Read the whole thing – it’s an outline, not a full article. But here are some especially good points: 1b: Publishing is not the price of being an … Continue reading →

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