I recently learned of University of Chicago PhD student Eli Thorkelson’s blog, Decasia: Critique of Academic Culture and it is wonderful to read.
Eli’s PhD project comprises an anthropological analysis of university culture, and he’s also looking at the socialisation of graduate students. I remember being told as a Master’s student that it was not [...]
Hidden Landscapes by Chris Thompson
Geographical Methodology as Spatialization and Topology (Part of “Theorizing Place: Interdisciplinary Trajectories” A Panel Discussion at the Canadian Association of Geographers Meeting, Carleton University, May 27, 2009):
This presentation focuses on the virtuality of place, an object of study which resists specification in material or topographic terms. In effect, place exceeds [...]
How could one avoid being just a technical end-user and late-adopter of Geographical Information Systems – that’s geodata or spatial data in other lingo : Does anyone have truly theoretical and methodological innovations in areas such as GIS for visualization of local and of community issues, locative and mobile media applications, [...]
Tagged geocaching, geotagging, Google Earth, GPS, locative media, mobile computing, mobile media, pop culture, ubiquitous computing, urban space, way-findingEmpire Islands: Castaways, Cannibals, and Fantasies of Conquest. Rebecca Weaver-Hightower, University of Minnesota Press, 2007.
Photo: Munim Wasif ‘Water Tragedy’ Series, Shortlisted Prix Pictet 2008.
The idea of “island” deserves to be rethought today. Long a topos where bygone colonial powers articulate various fantasies underlying their world historical projects, the island has in recent past added [...]
Over the last 2 weeks, Icelandic banks were caught by the unwillingness of other banks to continue to lend capital on overnight markets. Taking advantage of liberal credit and deregulation, Icelandic banks had been amongst the most aggressive in expanding to Europe. With a small local economy, heavily leveraged expansion overseas was [...]