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Some reflections on being a book review editor

David Beer reflects on being a review editor, and the sometime challenges of getting people to write reviews. It is a great shame that some people take this narrowly instrumental view of what counts. Book reviews are useful to authors, … Continue reading →

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Three PhD Studentships at Warwick

My soon-to-be colleague Celia Lury has three ESRC PhD studentships available at University of Warwick in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies as part of her ‘Order and Continuity: Methods of Change in a Topological Society’ project. There are three awards – … Continue reading →

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Placing lecture, Tim Ingold

Originally posted on ANTHEM:
http://vimeo.com/64849738 Tim Ingold is a preeminent anthropologist, Chair of Social Anthropology at the University of Aberdeen. Fellow of the British Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh and author of numerous books on anthropology. Taking an…

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Commentary by Mustafa Dikeç: Fraudulent democracy and Urban Stasis in Turkey

The second Society and Space open site commentary on recent events in Turkey, by Mustafa Dikeç.

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The Environmental State: Territoriality, Violence, and Value

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
The recording of Christian Parenti’s 2013 Antipode AAG lecture, ‘The Environmental State: Territoriality, Violence, and Value’, is now available online as a part of the Antipode Lecture Series. Unfortunately we don’t have a recording of Gayatri…

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A Commentary by Mark Purcell: Seeking Democracy

Mark Purcell on democracy and Turkey at the Society and Space open site – the first of a number of planned commentaries on recent events.

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Market Bad, Academia Good? Porter reviews Mirowski

A review of Mirowski, ‘Science Mart: Privatizing American Science’ at the Society and Space open site.

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A review of Jeffrey Alexander’s The dark side of modernity

Jeffrey Alexander’s new book reviewed.

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Neil Smith Lecture and Lifework

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
I’ve been asked to give the first Neil Smith Lecture at St Andrews (where Neil was a cherished alumnus, graduating with first class honours in 1977: he always spoke with immense affection of Joe Doherty),…

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New open access book reviews

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
We’ve seven – seven! – new book reviews in our open access repository: Seth Schindler (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) on Ahmed et al.’s India’s New Economic Policy: A Critical Analysis; Gerald Aiken (Durham University) on David…

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