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Two new books from Blackwell
First is Foucault and Philosophy which is already out, edited by Chris Falzon and Timothy O’Leary (2010). Second is a Blackwell “Companion” to Foucault, which Falzon will edit with O’Leary and Jana...
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New Italian website
I’ve had a nice note from Daniele Lorenzini about a new Italian Foucault website at Materiali Foucaultiani. The site is available in French, Italian and English. They also want to start a new journal....
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Foucault, archives and the OSS
Foucault wrote on the archives and worked in them extensively. It’s true that there is something different about doing archival work. For one thing, archives vary considerably in such mundane matters...
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OSS and Arthur Robinson
Nice memo by Arthur Robinson, who was Chief of the Map Division in the Research and Analysis (R&A) branch of the OSS during WWII. Usually he signed himself by his full name but I like this one...
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“So Yahoo hired a professional ontologist…”
This article by Clay Shirky is a good encapsulation of the computer/GIScientist understanding of ontology that is rapidly entering geography and especially mapping and GIS: It is a rich irony that the...
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Wikileaks and secret intelligence on Afghanistan
The massive release by Wikileaks of 90,000 pages of classified material on the war in Afghanistan has once again raised the question not only of how that war is prosecuted–and the details fill in a...
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Philip K. Dick and Heidegger
The science fiction writer Philip K. Dick died in March 1982, but has left a legacy behind that would be the envy of most writers (a lot of people think he is still alive and writing). Although the...
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Foucaultblog on hiatus?
Foucaultblog was founded in 2007 as a kind of indirect adjunct to my and Stuart Elden’s co-edited book on Foucault and geography. I’ve been the sole owner and contributor to it during that time,...
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Foucault Circle cfp
Below is the Foucault Circle call for papers, 2011 meeting (pdf). FC11cfp
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Foucault news now at Refracted Input
Hooray! The news component of Foucaultblog has found a new home at Clare O’Farrell’s blog Refracted Input. Foucault News blog. Clare is well known in the Foucault community and the author of several...
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Foucault Studies 17 now out – Foucault and Deleuze
Originally posted on Progressive Geographies:A special issue on Foucault and Deleuze, edited by Nicolae Morar, Thomas Nail, Daniel W. Smith, and including essays by William Connolly and Dianna Taylor;...
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Elden: Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 13
Stuart’s latest update on his book Foucault’s Last Decade. Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 13.
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Foucault’s The Punitive Society – forthcoming in English in June 2015
Announcement of the publication of The Punitive Society in June. Somewhat sooner than I’d anticipated, so good news there. Via Stuart Eldon. Foucault’s The Punitive Society – forthcoming in English in...
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Stuart Elden Foucault’s Last Decade – Update 20
Stuart has an update to his next book. These are always fascinating to read. Not many authors I know of post so frequently about work in progress. Here’s an excerpt: One thing that the University of...
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