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Travelling through words

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
At Stuart Elden‘s suggestion, I’ve been invited to join a collaborative project initiated and edited by Suzanne Akbari called ‘How we write‘: it’s an interdisciplinary collection of short essays each of which describes how we…

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Arctic seabed claims and the politics of mapping

Following up on my recent blogpost on Russia’s Arctic seabed mapping, The Conversation has published a companion piece on some of the politics surrounding the map, its drawing, and its reception. The Conversation article integrates analysis of some of the…

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13 new papers and a video abstract – “The Necessity of Dialectical Naturalism: Marcuse, Bookchin, and Dialectics in the Midst of Ecological Crises”

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
It’s not quite the middle of August and the September issue of Antipode is out now! Antipode 47(4) really showcases critical geography at its very best: timely topics, engaged research, engaging writing… We open with Christian Parenti’s…

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Foucault: The Birth of Power update 1 – initial work and another visit to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France Cycling in Provence, including Mont Ventoux Raul Pacheco-Vega on academic writing, and breaking with usual practices Online resources to help students summarize journal articles … Continue reading →

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Online resources to help students summarize journal articles and write critical reviews

Online resources to help students summarize journal articles and write critical reviews – some useful resources at Raul Pacheco-Vega’s blog. The courses I teach tend to be very practical and applied. My teaching philosophy is founded on helping my students acquire employable … Continue reading →

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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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