Experimental Geographies

"There is tenderness only in the coarsest demand: that no-one shall go hungry any more" – Theodor Adorno, Minima Moralia (1974: 156)

Category Archives: Social Movements

Open House 2013: Challenging the Housing Crisis

I can’t stress enough how urgent Open House 2013 actually is. In the words of the organisers: “Open House is a nine-day space that will bring together people facing the … Continue reading

May 7, 2013 · 1 Comment

Immaterial Labour isn’t Working

I’m really excited to be participating in Immaterial Labour isn’t Working (#ILIW13). #ILIW13 is a series of events, texts and other contributions that will bring together academics, artists and activists … Continue reading

March 21, 2013 · Leave a Comment

Urban Uprising/Re-imagining the City: CUNY, Nov. 30-Dec. 1

This looks like really fantastic – a CUNY conference that examines how we might come to think about and inhabit cities differently. Further details are available here.

November 27, 2012 · 2 Comments

The Housing Question

Really interesting CFP (courtesy of crit-geog): Call for Papers, Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting (AAG) 2012, New York, February 24th – 28th The Housing Question Revisited Session Organizers: Henrik Gutzon … Continue reading

August 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment

From Housing Crisis to Radical Urbanism: Reflections on Squatting

Over two weeks ago I posted a piece on the Guardian’s Comment is Free site which explored the coalition government’s plans to criminalize squatting subject to a brief consultation period. … Continue reading

July 12, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Luddites Conference: Podcast Available

Via Infinite Thought and available here. Looks really excellent!  Speakers: Peter Linebaugh, Anna Davin, Iain Boal, TJ Clark, Esther Leslie and Dave King. The Luddites, without Condescension A Conference on … Continue reading

May 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Les Sentiers de L’Utopie/Paths Through Utopias: Film Screening

I wish I could make this. The film looks great. I’ve been told that the screening is already booked up so it might be tricky to sneak in. The French … Continue reading

March 1, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Fight Back: New Book on UK Student Protests Released

One of the many lessons of Marx’s The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte is that the very being and becoming of protest and revolution is necessarily bound up with a … Continue reading

February 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Liebig 14: Eviction

Naja. I feel really guilty not to have posted earlier on the eviction of residents living in the Liebig 14 alternative housing project in Berlin-Friedrichshain. They were evicted on the … Continue reading

February 5, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Producing the Urban Commons

This may be of interest to some. It is a CFP for a session that I’m co-organizing with Colin McFarlane and Gordon MacLeod for the International Critical Geography Conference in … Continue reading

January 6, 2011 · Leave a Comment
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