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Karen Morin’s piece on prisons in Society and Space – and recently discussed in Slate – now open access.

A post-doctoral research associate post at Durham’s International Boundaries Research Unit. Durham University seeks to employ a full-time Research Associate to contribute to the work of IBRU, an interdisciplinary consultancy, training, and academic research entity based in Durham University’s Department … Continue reading →

Pluto Press’s 2013 round-up…

An interesting linguistic map of Europe.

Originally posted on Understanding Empire: Technology, Power, Politics:
I haven’t been able to find a better image of the one below – a photo of a Predator drone superimposed over planet earth. I remember seeing something similar to this “commercial”…

Originally posted on Foucault News:
FOUCAULT : MAGRITTE, KLEE, MANET…., le Site personel de Didier Eribon, 6 December 2013 J’ai retrouvé dans mes fichiers l’ébauche d’un chapitre sur Foucault et Magritte et Manet qui devait s’intégrer dans mon livre paru…

James Sidaway reviews Guzzini’s The Return of Geopolitics in Europe at the Society and Space open site.

Geografía y cultura visual reviewed at the Society and Space open site.

Dylan Maryk has made a Google Map of London Underground’s abandoned or relocated stations; usvsth3m has turned this into a map based on the standard Underground map.  

Very good critique of TED talks from Benjamin Bratton (and reprinted in The Guardian): In our culture, talking about the future is sometimes a polite way of saying things about the present that would otherwise be rude or risky. But … Continue reading →