Category Archives: urban/urbanisation

The Funambulist Pamphlets

Posted on May 21, 2013 by stuartelden

One of my favourite blogs, The Funambulist, teams up with one of the most interesting and challenging new publishing outlets, Punctum Books, to produce a series of little books on themes covered on the blog. The twelve first volumes are … Continue reading →

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Jeanne Haffner, The View from Above

Posted on May 21, 2013 by stuartelden

Jeanne Haffner’s The View from Above: The Science of Social Space has recently been published by MIT Press. In mid-twentieth century France, the term “social space” (l’espace social)—the idea that spatial form and social life are inextricably linked—emerged in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Henri Lefebvre, Politics, urban/urbanisation | 1 Comment

The Dimensions of Territory – audio of talk at Al Quds Bard Honors College

Posted on May 20, 2013 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my talk earlier this month at Al Quds Bard Honors College, “The Dimensions of Territory”, is available here. For people who know my work on territory it doesn’t have much new, but it tries to give … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Eyal Weizman, Michel Foucault, Paul Virilio, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Stephen Graham, Territory, Terror and Territory, The Birth of Territory, urban/urbanisation | 1 Comment

A week at Al Quds Bard Honors College

Posted on May 14, 2013 by stuartelden

I’ve just got back from spending a week working with Al Quds Bard Honors College in the occupied Palestinian territories, as part of the Open Society Institute’s Academic Fellowship Program. Al Quds Bard is a partnership between Al Quds University and … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Conferences, Politics, teaching, Territory, Travel, Universities, urban/urbanisation | 2 Comments

Jerusalem light rail

Posted on May 6, 2013 by stuartelden

On Sunday I took a couple of hours to explore the fairly new Jerusalem light rail. It opened in late 2011 and when I was last here in 2009 it was still under construction. I’m staying near Damascus Gate, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Boundaries, Politics, Territory, Travel, urban/urbanisation | 3 Comments

Thinking Memory Through Space – conference in London

Posted on May 3, 2013 by stuartelden

Conference in July in London – full details here.

Posted in Boundaries, Conferences, Politics, Territory, urban/urbanisation | 2 Comments

Boko Haram paper at the AAG

Posted on April 17, 2013 by stuartelden

The audio recording of my AAG talk is available here. The title was “Urban Territory: Violent Political Technologies in London and Kano”, but between writing the abstract and giving the talk events in Nigeria meant that my focus changed quite … Continue reading →

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IJURR virtual theme issue on Los Angeles

Posted on March 21, 2013 by stuartelden

As Geographers get ready to go to LA for the AAG annual conference, IJURR has assembled a virtual theme issue on the city.

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Geological London – workshop on 14 March 2013

Posted on March 11, 2013 by stuartelden

This was noted in a comment to a previous post, an event likely to be of interest to people in London – an evening workshop on 14th March 2013, organised by Expanded Territories. Full details here. Architecture, urbanism and geology … Continue reading →

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Crossrail – London as Laocoön

Posted on March 11, 2013 by stuartelden

Interesting piece, with several striking images, at BLDGBLOG on the London Crossrail project.

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