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John Urry (1946-2016) – announcement at the Lancaster Sociology website

Posted on March 22, 2016 by stuartelden

Very sad news about John Urry, who died on Friday. Announcement at the Lancaster Sociology website. Perhaps best known for The Tourist Gaze, the book of his that had most impact on me was Economies of Signs and Spaces, written with Scott … Continue reading →

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Henry Wai-chung Yeung, Strategic Coupling: East Asian Industrial Transformation in the New Global Economy

Posted on March 22, 2016 by stuartelden

Henry Wai-chung Yeung, Strategic Coupling: East Asian Industrial Transformation in the New Global Economy, out shortly from Cornell University Press. In Strategic Coupling, Henry Wai-chung Yeung examines economic development and state-firm relations in East Asia, focusing in particular on South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore. … Continue reading →

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Geoff Bennington on the new edition of Of Grammatology

Posted on March 22, 2016 by stuartelden

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
Bennington’s essay sadly matched my own feelings when I received the book a couple of weeks ago: I checked the places that were notorious for mistranslation and they were still there…

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The 2016 Antipode AAG Lecture – “What Now?” by Michael Watts

Posted on March 22, 2016 by stuartelden

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
The 2016 Antipode AAG Lecture What Now? Michael Watts University of California, Berkeley The 2016 Antipode AAG Lecture will be presented by Michael Watts on Wednesday 30th March, from 17:20 to 19:00 (in Continental 5, Hilton Hotel,…

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What counts as academic writing?

Posted on March 19, 2016 by stuartelden

Raul Pacheco-Vega has another interesting post about writing, this time asking ‘What counts as academic writing?‘ He begins by talking of his daily practice: Because I need the peace of mind of having accomplished something every day, I write every day, … Continue reading →

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Books received – Butler, Gillies, Iovino, GeoHumanities, New Perspectives, The Funambulist

Posted on March 18, 2016 by stuartelden

Books received – Judith Butler’s Notes toward a Performative Theory of Assembly, John Gillies, Shakespeare and the Geography of Difference, Serenella Iovino, Ecocriticism and Italy (sent by the publisher), and recent issues of GeoHumanities, New Perspectives, and The Funambulist.

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Tributes to Doreen Massey updated

Posted on March 18, 2016 by stuartelden

Links to tributes to Doreen Massey updated – including the obituary at the AAG website and Hilary Wainwright at Open Democracy.  

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Shakespeare, Richard II query

Posted on March 16, 2016 by stuartelden

I’m trying to decipher a hand-written bibliography of books on Shakespeare, and one entry reads: “Sprich, Shakespeare, Richard II (1970)”. I can’t find such a book, so am assuming that ‘Sprich’ is not correct. The handwriting is poor, so it … Continue reading →

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Doreen Massey

Posted on March 15, 2016 by stuartelden

Society and Space papers by Doreen Massey available open access.

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Doreen Massey, 1944-2016

Posted on March 15, 2016 by stuartelden

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
The Open University has an online space for remembering Doreen Massey, who died on 11 March. There are some lovely messages, and you can leave your own here. We’ve made Doreen’s Antipode papers freely available, including: Towards a…

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