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The top 3 myths about the recent surveillance revelations

Originally posted on Open Geography:
The recent–and still ongoing–revelations in the Guardian by their columnist Glenn Greenwald and his colleagues have already given rise to a number of dismissive myths. Here are three of them, and my responses. 1. “It’s…

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Mary Douglas reviewed by Pamela Shurmer-Smith

Pam Shurmer-Smith on the posthumous Mary Douglas collection.

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Weekend reading – much of issue 3 online

Several new Society and Space papers online.

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Antarctica without the ice

Intriguing new map – full details and explanatory video here.

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Speculations Out with Forum on Prospects of Speculative Realism

Speculations IV out – a lot of interesting looking papers.

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PhD Studentships in Geopolitics, Cyber Security and Society at Royal Holloway

PhD Studentships in Geopolitics, Cyber Security and Society at Royal Holloway – with an excellent supervision team.

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The Events in Turkey: A Virtual Theme Issue for Background

At the Society and Space open site – a brief commentary by Peter Gratton and links to five open access papers that provide a background to recent events in Turkey.

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Antipode Foundation funding opportunities

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
The fourth Antipode Foundation Institute for the Geographies of Justice took place last week in Durban, South Africa. It sounds like it was a great event – more on this soon. For now, though, we’re…

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How to Read Agamben

Adam Kotsko on how to read Agamben.

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New book: “Carceral Spaces: Mobility and Agency in Imprisonment and Migrant Detention”

Originally posted on Prof Dominique Moran:
‘Carceral Spaces: Mobility and Agency in Imprisonment and Migrant Detention‘ (Ashgate, 2013) edited by Dominique Moran, Nick Gill and Deirdre Conlon. This book draws together the work of a new community of scholars with…

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