Category Archives: urban/urbanisation

Andy Merrifield – ‘Whither Urban Studies?’

Posted on December 11, 2012 by stuartelden

Andy Merrifield has a substantial piece at the cities@manchester blog on the question of ‘Whither Urban Studies’. Some elements are close to the talk he gave at Durham last week at the Thinking Urban Worlds workshop (see here for notes on … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers – ‘Urban Theory: States of the Art’

Posted on December 9, 2012 by stuartelden

Urban — New Series, 6 Call for Papers — ‘Urban Theory: States of the Art’ There will never be good urban planning without a consistent urban theory. This controversial aphorism could serve to open the debate proposed by the journal … Continue reading →

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Urban/Territory/World

Posted on December 7, 2012 by stuartelden

The ‘Thinking Urban Worlds’ workshop at Durham was held on Wednesday. A very interesting afternoon of discussion organised by Colin McFarlane with presentations by Andy Merrifield and Simon Marvin, and discussant comments from Gordon MacLeod along with my own paper. … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Gaston Gordillo, Henri Lefebvre, My Publications, Neil Brenner, Territory, urban/urbanisation | 8 Comments

Urban Uprising! Re-imagining the City – conference in New York

Posted on November 28, 2012 by stuartelden

Further details here – via Experimental Geographies. In the wake of the 2008 explosion of the current economic crisis, more and more people are actively fighting to restore what they’ve lost. Not since the ‘60s have so many people across … Continue reading →

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Urban Territory: Violent Political Technologies in London and Kano

Posted on August 29, 2012 by stuartelden

This is my abstract for the AAG meeting in Los Angeles next April. It will be part of the ‘Violence and Space’ sessions organised by Philippe le Billon and Simon Springer – call for papers here. I’ll also be part … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Michel Foucault, Peter Sloterdijk, Politics, Stephen Graham, Territory, Terror and Territory, urban/urbanisation | 12 Comments

Urban Geopolitics

Posted on August 25, 2012 by stuartelden

At the Antipode blog, Marijn Nieuwenhuis has an interesting post on Urban Geopolitics in the wake of the London Olympics. He mentions the Territorial Support Group’s ‘Total Policing’ map I linked to a few weeks back. Marijn discusses Foucault and … Continue reading →

Posted in Michel Foucault, Politics, Stephen Graham, Territory, urban/urbanisation | 2 Comments