Progressive Geographies

Shiloh Krupar interviewed by Stuart Elden on Hot Spotter’s Report

Posted on October 16, 2013 by stuartelden

Over at the Society and Space open site I interview Shiloh Krupar on her superb new book, Hot Spotter’s Report.

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The Birth of Territory book launch – today

Posted on October 16, 2013 by stuartelden

Later today I’ll be giving a brief talk about my book The Birth of Territory as part of a book launch in the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick.

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New fellows ceremony at the British Academy

Posted on October 16, 2013 by stuartelden

Monday was spent at the British Academy – the Geographers pre-meeting, then a lunch-time seminar, then the Anthropology and Geography section meeting, a meeting for new fellows, and finally in the evening the ceremony welcoming new fellows to the Academy. Here’s a picture of me with Colin Crouch, Vice-President for Social Sciences, receiving my certificate.

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A Conservative Guide to Rhetoric

Posted on October 16, 2013 by stuartelden

in The New York Times – thanks to John Agnew for the link.

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Figure/Ground Communication interview with Graham Harman

Posted on October 15, 2013 by stuartelden

A new Figure/Ground Communication interview with Graham Harman. Interesting comments, especially on Latour and the Anthropocene, and some detail on his forthcoming books.

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Rethinking Power with Foucault, and Beyond? (2013)

Posted on October 15, 2013 by stuartelden

For those in New York and the vicinity – looks a great lineup.

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What Does It Mean To Become An Open Access Journal?

Posted on October 15, 2013 by stuartelden

An interview about a journal – Cultural Anthropology – becoming open access.

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Following an earlier interview with Eva Erman on editing the open access journal Ethics & Global Politics, another set of enlightening responses on academic publishing. This time with Professor Brad Weiss of the College of William & Mary and President of the Society for Cultural Anthropology, which publishes Cultural Anthropology, the premier journal of the American Anthropological Association (AAA). It is a major journal by other metrics too (take your pick of GoogleScholar or Impact Factor). All of which is as preamble to the point: Cultural Anthropology will be a fully open access journal from 2014. Not just that. It has a web presence and offers a set of connected resources that are without compare (at least in my experience). Brad was kind enough to offer his time to answer some questions on taking a learned society journal of prestige open access.