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Gordon MacLeod’s tribute to Neil Smith at the Society and Space open site.

New issue of Society and Space out.

Originally posted on Pop Theory:
There has been a flurry of interest in the theme of ‘planetary urbanization’ recently. Andy Merrifield has an essay on the theme of ‘Whither urban studies’, and there is a longer published version of his…

Originally posted on geographical imaginations:
Back in May the Bureau of Investigative Journalism described how local activists were using Twitter and other social media platforms to spread the news of US drone strikes in Yemen.  Haykal Bafana, a lawyer living…

“12/12/12 – 12.12”. Discuss.  

Interesting piece about the problems with Google Scholar for counting citations, or perhaps about the idea of metrics generally.

Thanks to Ben Rosamond for sending me a photo of this powerful map – A Child’s World: Countries where physical abuse against children is forbidden by law.

Originally posted on AntipodeFoundation.org:
by Geoffrey Boyce (University of Arizona) and Jill Williams (Clark University) In Precarious Life, Judith Butler (2004) argues for a feminist transnational politics based on the precarity of life – the corporeal vulnerability that we…

Originally posted on Foucault News:
Interview on Radio France Culture, 24 Nov 2012. Cours de Michel Foucault (édition de Michel Senellart) Update: August 2025. Link is no longer available Invité : Michel Senellart, Professeur de Philosophie politique à l’ENS de…