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Geographies of peace

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
News today from I.B. Tauris of a new collection edited by Fiona McConnell, Nick Megoran and Philippa Williams, Geographies of peace: From handshakes on the White House lawn to Picasso’s iconic dove of peace, the…

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What is neoliberalism?

Originally posted on Open Geography:
robinjames (@doctaj) on neoliberalism: I want to hone in on one tiny aspect of neoliberalism’s epistemology. As Foucault explains in Birth of Biopolitics, “the essential epistemological transformation of these neoliberal analyses is their claim to change…

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Guattari, Felix 2012 Schizoanalytic Cartographies, reviewed by Thomas Jellis

Thomas Jellis reviews Felix Guattari’s book Schizoanalytic cartographies at the Society and Space open site.

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New book reviews – migration, protest, enclosure, economies, and frontiers

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
For July we’ve added five new book reviews to our open access repository Andrew Burridge (University of Exeter) on Olivier Clochard and Migreurop’s Atlas of Migration in Europe: A Critical Geography of Migration Policies; Andrew Davies…

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A brief genealogy of governmentality studies: the Foucault effect and its developments. An interview with Colin Gordon (2013)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
A brief genealogy of governmentality studies: the Foucault effect and its developments. An interview with Colin Gordon by Fabiana Jardim, Educação e Pesquisa, vol.39 no.4 São Paulo Oct./Dec. 2013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-97022013000400016 Full text available from this…

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Top ten posts on Progressive Geographies last week

How powerful is your passport? – infographic Judith Butler reviews Jacques Derrida, The Death Penalty Volume I New issue of Radical Philosophy, including discussion of the politics of translation Foucault’s major works to appear in a Pléiade edition Globe, Governmentality, … Continue reading →

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A Mini-Interview: Mercedes Bunz explains meson press

Originally posted on Machinology:
meson press’ first book, Rethinking Gamification (PDF), was just released in Lüneburg. Part of the Hybrid Publishing Lab at the Leuphana University, the press focuses on digital culture and network media with the aim to “challenge contemporary theories…

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Searching for the sublime: Tuan’s Romantic Geography reviewed

A review of Yi-Fu Tuan’s new book at the Society and Space open site.

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Deborah Cowen – The Deadly Life of Logistics

Deborah Cowen’s new book – out in September.

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IBRU Relaunched as Centre for Borders Research

On its 25th anniversary, IBRU, formerly the Durham University’s International Boundaries Research Unit, has been relaunched as Durham University’s Centre for Borders Research. Although past and current clients of IBRU’s consulting and training services likely will see little difference (aside from…

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