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CFP: Michel Foucault: Ethnography and Critique (2014)

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Call for Papers Michel Foucault: Ethnography and Critique Convenors: Orazio Irrera & Martina Tazzioli Bergamo, June 5-7, 2014 Deadline: February 17, 2014 Conference Website and contact details [Editor: Link Updated 16 April 2026 to page…

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The first issue of the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies [It’s Official]

Originally posted on urbanculturalstudies:
Very happy to announce that… the long awaited first issue of the Journal of Urban Cultural Studies is now posted on Intellect’s website! click here to see its contents, [and remember to have your library subscribe…] The…

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Noel Castree: Representing the Anthropocene

Originally posted on Jeremy J Schmidt:
Love the subtitle: Who will get to speak for everything and how?

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Heidegger – Nature, History, State: 1933-1934

Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:
[update: thanks to Harvey Shoolman for details – the hardback of this is now published; a paperback is due in 2015. The seminars were published in German in the Heidegger Jahrbuch vols 4 and 5].…

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Constructing the world: the Mercator map vs the Peters projection

An interesting map of the African continent, with the US, China, India etc. imposed on it to give a sense of its size.

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Geo-political Economy – an open access virtual theme issue

A virtual theme issue on Geo-political Economy – put together by Deb Cowen and me. Papers open access for three months.

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Google Books Lawsuit Dismissed: “All Society Benefits,” Says Judge Chin

A good analysis of a major legal decision in publishing.

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Inventive Methods: Data, Calculation, and Bodies, Chris Salter & Celia Lury

Originally posted on ANTHEM:
http://vimeo.com/66161202 The digitization of daily life has led to an unprecedented surge of data, with vast implications for calculation, measurement, valuation, and analysis across social and cultural research. This conversation between renowned artist Chris Salter and…

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Empire, Biopower, Spectacle: Notes on Tiqqun

Originally posted on Deterritorial Investigations :
Today’s territory is the product of many centuries of police operations. People have been pushed out of their fields, then their streets, then their neighborhoods, and finally and from the hallways of their buildings, in…

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James Scott reviews Jared Diamond’s The World Until Yesterday

A devastating review in the London Review of Books.

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