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Towards a Comprehensive Michel Serres primary bibliography (4): single-authored articles

Originally posted on Christopher Watkin:
As before, let me know if you spot anything I’ve missed… ? (1961). “Descartes et Leibniz dans les deux manières de penser le réel et la science.” Critique no. 164. Hors série. (1963). “La Querelle…

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Divisions of Life

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
My main presentation at the AAG in Chicago was part of a session organised by Noam Leshem and Alasdair Pinkerton on Remnants of No Man’s Land: history, theory and excess (more on their larger project…

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Getting a grip on the vacant housing problem (plus: urban geology!)

Originally posted on David Wachsmuth:
Urban geologist? What’s that? A new City of Vancouver proposal to start addressing the city’s scourge of speculation-driven housing vacancy is in the news. The municipal government wants to comprehensively identify vacant houses throughout the city,…

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Politics, Diaspora, and Armenian Genocide Recognition

Originally posted on Politics Reconsidered:
By Maria Koinova The centennial of the 1915 Armenian genocide has gained global attention during the past month. One hundred years ago on April 24, the Young Turk regime of the collapsing Ottoman Empire started…

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Review of Jerusalem Unbound

Oren Shlomo reviews Michael Dumper’s book Jerusalem Unbound on the Society and Space open site.

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A wet world: rethinking place, territory and time – Kimberley Peters and Philip Steinberg

A stunning photo essay by Philip Steinberg and Kimberley Peters, first presented at the AAG in Chicago, to accompany their recent Society and Space paper – the paper itself is open access for one month.

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Towards a Comprehensive Michel Serres primary bibliography (3): archival material

Originally posted on Christopher Watkin:
Here is the latest instalment of the comprehensive Michel Serres primary bibliography: archival material. Archival material about but not written by Michel Serres is not included in this list, which gives a tantalizing glimpse into…

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AAG 2015 Chicago recap and talks I saw

Originally posted on Open Geography:
I talked about some of the sights I saw during last week’s AAG conference in Chicago in an earlier post but here I just want to mention some of the fantastic talks I attended. Quality…

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Top posts on Progressive Geographies this week

Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 21: a second book on The Birth of Power #AAG2015 in Chicago – a few final thoughts William Davis interview on The Limits of Neoliberalism Edmund White’s memories of Michel Foucault Johanna Oksala on Foucault, … Continue reading →

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Foucault against Himself (2015)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Foucault against Himself By (author) Francois Caillat Translated by David Homel Arsenal Pulp Press Price: $17.95 CAD $17.95 USD ISBN: 9781551526027 EPUB ISBN: 9781551526034 (check your favourite retailer) Availability: Coming soon. For more information contact…

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