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While in Zurich I was given a copy of Benedikt Korf and Timothy Raeymaekers’s new edited book, Violence on the Margins: States, Conflict, and Borderlands. It’s in a series on African Borderlands Studies, but also has quite a lot of … Continue reading →

Peter Gratton interviews Adrian Johnston on the Society and Space open site.

From Above reviewed in Nature – and good to see the other blurbs on the back cover, including an ex-colleague and my PhD supervisor.

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
I’ve added a draft of a new essay, ‘Moving targets and violent geographies’, under the DOWNLOADS tab.  It’s a general essay on drones, summarising both their genealogies and geographies, and I would welcome any comments,…

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
Hot off the presses – not the book, but the flyer – news of Andy Merrifield’s next book, The New Urban Question:

A new review at the Society and Space open site.

A neat bit of cartography – taking a data feed from Transport from London and turning it into a live map. The Skyfall version is also very cool and there are others for mainline trains, etc. Thanks to Nistasha Kaul … Continue reading →

Originally posted on The Disorder Of Things:
The ballots are out, the wheels are in motion. Union members have until Thursday 10 October to vote on strike action over the latest derisory pay offer of 1% (if you haven’t received…

Originally posted on Open Geography:
AAG 2014 CFP  “What Space for the Post-Security State?”  Tampa, Florida, 8-12 April 2014  Session organizers: Jeremy Crampton, University of Kentucky, Klaus Dodds, Peter Adey (Royal Holloway University of London)  Session sponsored by the Political…

An interview with Judith Butler, extracted from a forthcoming book.