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Representations of space through colours – a request for help

An inquiry from a colleague: How can we think about representations of space through colours? Can people refer recommended sources that examine the use of colours as metaphors for and representations of space? This is not about race – i.e. … Continue reading

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Governing Emergencies workshop – Emergency and Disaster Publics

Originally posted on Governing Emergencies:
We’re pleased to announce details of the second Governing Emergencies workshop on Emergency and Disaster Publics. It will take place in Rotterdam on the 4th and 5th June 2015. For the first day of the workshop, we…

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West Point and the war on Ebola

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
I’ve taken this map from a Situation Report issued by the World Health Organisation on 6 May, which superimposes new cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) over total confirmed cases throughout the epidemic in West…

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Adam David Morton on ‘Blogging as Pedagogy’ with the example of Piketty’s Capital at Progress in Political Economy

Adam David Morton on ‘Blogging as Pedagogy‘ at Progress in Political Economy – drawing on his experience of blogging about and teaching Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century.

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CFP – A research workshop on discourse analysis, New Materialisms and the ‘practice turn’ in the social sciences, 12 June 2015, University of Warwick

Call for papers: Mind the gap, please! – A research workshop on discourse analysis, New Materialisms and the ‘practice turn’ in the social sciences 12 June 2015, Institute of Advanced Studies, University of Warwick Keynote speaker: Claudia Aradau, King’s College London … Continue reading

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Top posts this week on Progressive Geographies

Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 22: work with the Semiotext(e) archive and manuscript submitted for review Jamin Raskin, “A last interview with French philosopher Michel Foucault”, City Paper – now found and available online Durham 2016-17 IAS fellowships on Scale … Continue reading

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International Political Sociology virtual issue with open access papers – On War Today

The editorial team of International Political Sociology is happy to announce its latest IPS Virtual Issue: “On War Today”. This special issue collects a sample of articles previously published in International Political Sociology that engage contemporary politics of war. We selected two themes that have … Continue reading

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CFP Theatre, Performance, Foucault! – 4th July 2015 – King’s College London

Theatre, Performance, Foucault! TaPRA Theatre, Performance, and Philosophy working group interim event – a one-day symposium 4th July 2015 – King’s College London Michel Foucault was not only one of the most controversial and provocative thinkers of the 20th Century, he was … Continue reading

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Consolidated list of all the Michel Serres primary bibliography posts

Originally posted on Christopher Watkin:
All the categories for the comprehensive Michel Serres primary bibliography are now up and running. I will keep adding titles over the coming months as I come across them, but in order to make the…

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Translating from French into English

Originally posted on Refracted Input:
I just came across this interesting passage in an article by Dave Hickey on The Brooklyn Rail discussing his experiences teaching French theory. […] since the texts we read were written in French and being…

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