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FBI vs. Orwell vs. Foucault

Originally posted on Open Geography:
This image attracted a lot of attention around the web today: The text on the left is from a story in the Washington Post which discusses the FBI’s ability to exploit laptop cameras without enabling…

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Richard Sennett on Foucault (1979)

Originally posted on Open Geography:
Some of Richard Sennett’s book review of Foucault from 1979, indicating the original 6-volume plan of the History of Sexuality series. From the New Yorker, July 16, 1979 issue.

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A new Crystal Palace?

Originally posted on Dr Charlotte Mathieson:
It’s a couple of months now since the first press release announcing plans to rebuild the Crystal Palace. My initial response was amazement that it may be possible in coming years to see the…

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On Violence – new journal launch issue

On Violence – first issue now online The Histories of Violence project (www.historiesofviolence.com) is pleased to announce the launch of our new annual journal On Violence. Including a few of our previous “reflections”, this inaugural edition includes the following articles: 1. The … Continue reading →

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Issue 6 out

New Society and Space issue out.

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“Physical books should be sublime, digital books should be free” |Haute Culture Publisher Luis de Miranda Interviewed

Originally posted on Biblioklept:
Biblioklept: What is Haute Culture Press? Luis de Miranda: Haute Culture is a new venture in luxury publishing with a mission to bring masterpieces of global literature to English-speaking readers around the world. Since your site…

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Gregynog Ideas Lab III: 7-12 July 2014 – bookings open

Full details here – a summer school in international politics in a beautiful setting in Wales. A unique opportunity for graduate students and academics engaged in work in international politics from a range of critical, postcolonial, feminist, post-structural and psychoanalytic traditions … Continue reading →

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Monique Allewaert interviewed by Angela Last on Ariel’s Ecology

Interesting new interview at the Society and Space open site.

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Two posts in Quantitative Methods at Warwick

The department of Politics and International Studies at Warwick has two job vacancies that might be of interest – an Associate Professor in Politics and International Studies (Quantitative Methods) and a Teaching Fellow in Quantitative Methods. The second post is held jointly … Continue reading →

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Theory of the drone 11: Necro-ethics

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
This is the 11th in a series of extended posts on Grégoire Chamayou‘s Théorie du drone and covers the first two of three chapters that constitute Part III: Necro-ethics. The title recalls Achille Mbembe‘s seminal essay on ‘Necropolitics’ [Public culture…

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