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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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Society and Space Vol 33 No 3 now out – this issue and selected back issues currently open access

From the Society and Space open site – This is the first Society and Space issue with new publisher, SAGE. All contents are currently open access as part of a free trial period. Situated solidarities and the practice of scholar-activism 391-407 Paul Routledge and Kate … Continue reading →

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Ashgate acquired by Informa

Originally posted on Ashgate Publishing Blog:
ASHGATE ACQUIRED BY INFORMA (Taylor & Francis) We announce that Ashgate Publishing has been acquired by Informa, owners of the academic publishing group Taylor & Francis. Over the last 48 years Ashgate has grown…

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7 Critical Theory books that came out in July 2015

‘7 Critical Theory books that came out in July 2015’ at critical-theory.com – Agamben, DeLanda, Kelly, Flusser, and books on Badiou, Adorno and Heidegger, Levinas and Lacan.

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Political Geography Virtual Special Issue on the Politics of Migration Society and Space free access period with new publisher “Police power is emergency power, always” – profiling, state power, and drones Kostas Axelos, Introduction to a Future Way of Thought: On Marx and … Continue reading →

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Society and Space free access period with new publisher

As the content of Society and Space moves to the Sage website, papers are available open access for a limited time.

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