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How We Write

Originally posted on The page “Newfoundland Literature” does not exist:
Putting a piece of writing out into the world is a bit like tossing a pebble down a mountainside. Usually it clatters down alone, bouncing a bit off this outcrop…

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Infrastructuring Aid: A Photo Essay by Kevin Donovan

A new photo essay at the Society and Space open site, on humanitarian aid in Kenya by Kevin Donovan.

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New Perspectives online – first issue available with three open access pieces

The first issue of New Perspectives – the successor to the journal Perspectives, with a focus on central and Eastern Europe  – is now available online. Three pieces are open access: Johan van der Walt’s ‘The Literary Exception: Reflections on Agamben’s “Liberal Democratic” Political Theology … Continue reading →

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After Neil Smith Tribute

Originally posted on multipliciudades:
The webpage of the Espais Crítics collective has now links to the set of presentations of the conference in tribute to the late Neil Smith. It was a remarkable and yet kind of sad occasion, given…

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AND THE URBAN EXPLODED: OPERATIONAL LANDSCAPES, AN EXHIBITION BY NEIL BRENNER AND THE URBAN THEORY LAB AT THE MELBOURNE SCHOOL OF DESIGN

Neil Brenner/Urban Theory Lab’s recent exhibition at the Melbourne School of Design reviewed at the Society and Space open site by Louise Dorignon – an English version of a piece which first appeared in French.

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Time Served: Discipline and Punish Forty Years On – a few thoughts after the Nottingham conference How we Write – open access collection edited by Suzanne Conklin Akbari: thirteen essays on academic writing Foucault: The Birth of Power Update 3 – Théories … Continue reading →

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Talk on Foucault’s collaborative projects, 10 November at the LSE

I’ve just agreed to give a talk on Foucault’s collaborative projects in November at the LSE. This is part of the seminar series on ‘Cities, Space & Development’, so I’ll talk about the work on urban infrastructure, hospitals and public health, … Continue reading →

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Neil Smith Tribute, tomorrow in Barcelona

Originally posted on multipliciudades:
The Neil Smith tribute organized by Espais Crítics is approaching and I am thrilled to join the event tomorrow, as it will be a great opportunity not only to enjoy the interesting set of selected papers…

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

How we Write – open access collection edited by Suzanne Conklin Akbari: thirteen essays on academic writing The World Post interview with Peter Sloterdijk – ‘Man And Machine Will Fuse Into One Being’ My sabbatical rules for writing Where to start with reading … Continue reading →

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LSE has digitized Fabian society archives from 1884-2000

Originally posted on Jeremy J Schmidt:
Some really interesting historical tracts from the Fabian society on all sorts of topics–poverty, property, labour and so on–are now available in digital format here.

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