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Timothy Morton interview

Posted on February 16, 2011 by stuartelden

Very interesting and revealing interview with Timothy Morton, conducted by John Protevi, here. Some good stuff on his work practices, among other things. Also have a look at his own blog, here.

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Mubarak remains

Posted on February 11, 2011 by stuartelden

Along with most of the media, expert commentators and the US administration, I wasn’t expecting that. The best explanation I’ve seen for what happened is this – Most likely, Mubarak interpreted what he planned to do in his own mind … Continue reading →

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Not just Marxists

Posted on February 8, 2011 by stuartelden

Marxist historians “may overcompensate for the radicality of their ideology by being more orthodox in their methodologies and research practices than the ordinary bourgeois historian. Hence they may try to furnish two footnotes for every one of the bourgeois adversary’s … Continue reading →

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Environment and Planning volumes

Posted on January 25, 2011 by stuartelden

The contents list for the five volumes of papers from the Environment and Planning series of journals has been sent to the publishers, Sage. (Previous reports and some background here and here.) I now need to write the introduction to … Continue reading →

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Administrative incompetence

Posted on January 6, 2011 by stuartelden

Moving back into the flat in York, closely followed by a holiday has led to a whole range of problems… First, the phone company disconnected the phoneline when our tenants moved out, despite explicit requests to the contrary and their … Continue reading →

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Alex Vasudevan on the student protests

Posted on January 3, 2011 by stuartelden

Over at Experimental Geographies, Alex offers some thoughts on where the student protests might go now.

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Communist Manifesto illustrated

Posted on January 3, 2011 by stuartelden

Red Quill books have produced an illustrated version of The Communist Manifesto. Chapter 1 initially but more to follow. Details here and there is a promo video too.

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Holiday delayed

Posted on December 23, 2010 by stuartelden

Along with a very large number of other people my travel plans were stopped by the weather. we were actually on the plane on Saturday, delayed for non-weather reasons, when the snow started falling at Heathrow. Flight was cancelled and … Continue reading →

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Facebook global connections

Posted on December 16, 2010 by stuartelden

Interesting map of connections through Facebook. Some discussion here and here.

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Student Protest roundup

Posted on December 15, 2010 by stuartelden

 News that future marches may be banned (probably the first and last time I will link to The Telegraph). But as John Protevi notes, there are some unpleasant overtones here. A letter from Middlesex staff and students, which mainstream … Continue reading →

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