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Society and Space early online articles and archives – all currently open access

A host of new papers available online, all currently open access.

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Notes toward a critical history of cartography, part 2

Originally posted on Open Geography:
The Map Room at the British Library Over the last couple of months I have been visiting various archives to access some great material relevant to the “Critical History.” In June I visited the Library…

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The Founding of a Politics Department Politics at the University of Warwick – Wyn Grant (open access pdf)

The Founding of a Politics Department Politics at the University of Warwick – Wyn Grant The booklet is an account of the development of the Department of Politics and International Studies at Warwick from the opening of the University in … Continue reading →

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Raul Pacheco-Vega on academic writing, and breaking with usual practices 7 Critical Theory books that came out in July 2015 Ian Hacking’s Collège de France courses online Michel Foucault’s Collège de France Lectures (1970-1984): 13 Years at the Collège, 13 Seminars at Columbia Ashgate … Continue reading →

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Native Land

Originally posted on Society for Radical Geography, Spatial Theory, and Everyday Life:
Native Land is a project that maps indigenous territory in Canada. Visitors can input a Canadian address and the site displays the indigenous land occupied as well as…

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(In)human Terrain

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
It’s been an age since I looked at the US military’s attempt to ‘weaponise culture’ in its counterinsurgency programs (see ‘The rush to the intimate’: DOWNLOADS tab), but Roberto Gonzalez has kept his eyes on…

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An Update on the Derrida Seminars

Originally posted on PHILOSOPHY IN A TIME OF ERROR:
Last week at the Collegium Phaenomenologicum, Peggy Kamuf, one of the English translators of the Derrida Seminars, provided a quick update on their publication schedule. This year, in French, will see…

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Bradley Garrett on privately owned public spaces (Pops)

Originally posted on Open Geography:
Provocative piece by Bradley Garrett on privately owned public spaces, otherwise known as “Pops.” His intro reads in part: Part of the problem, then, with privately owned public spaces (“Pops”) – open-air squares, gardens and…

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Public lectures and panels at Antipode’s 5th Institute for the Geographies of Justice – videos now available

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
The Antipode Foundation’s 5th Institute for the Geographies of Justice took place in Johannesburg, South Africa, in June. A highlight of the week was a series of public lectures and panels: On Monday 22nd June,…

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Whatever Happened to Academic Freedom?

Originally posted on Academic Irregularities:
Paul Greatrix, writing on the Wonkhe blog on July 14th 2015, includes an account of how, as recently as the 1980s in the UK, autonomy, academic freedom and academic standards were thought to be inextricably…

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