So, a new "French theorist" has been spotted: that's marvelous!
This must be the exotic, thus exciting part of (British/Anglo) "Human
geography" (by the way, I thought - after all those theoretical
revolutions and turns - the Vidalian expression "Human Geography" had
no longer any sense...).
But, can you imagine: there are "French theorists" even within
geography!!
It would be a real challenge to engage with the theoretical
propositions, different in style and problematisation, from inside the
field. But, maybe it's easier to do some import/export with those more
"exotic" French thinkers...
All the best.
mathis
ps: there are "German", "Italian", "British" and so on theorists, too.
Le 31 janv. 07, à 15:41, Dr Richard Smith a écrit :
> Call for papers:
>
> RGS/IBG Annual Conference, 28-31 August 2007
>
> Session title: Alain Badiou and Human Geography
>
> Convenor: Marcus A. Doel, Swansea University, UK <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Sponsored by: Social & Cultural Geography Research Group
>
> Session abstract: Our collective engagement with French theorists has
> transformed Human Geography, and our research would be impoverished
> without the benefit of encountering the ideas of Louis Althusser, Jean
> Baudrillard, Michel Callon, Hélène Cixous, Manuel Castells, Michel de
> Certeau, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, Luce
> Irigaray,
> Julia Kristeva, Jacques Lacan, Bruno Latour, and Henri Lefebvre,
> amongst
> others. This session will consider the potential for Human Geography of
> Alain Badiou, who is reputedly one of the most insightful, original,
> and
> radical thinkers in France today; not least because of his singular re-
> articulation of philosophy and mathematics, inflected by politics and
> psychoanalysis, which poses a profound challenge to the forms of
> poststructualism, actor-network theory, and non-representational theory
> that many human geographers have recently made their own. As so many
> theoretical trajectories within the discipline converge on the notion
> of
> multiplicity—frequently under the aegis of association, difference,
> flow,
> heterogeneity, and network—, one of the most significant advances that
> Badiou might offer us is a rigorous and explosive account of the
> multiple,
> the subject, and the event. The session will introduce Badiou’s thought
> and assess its potential for advancing research agendas in human
> geography. Offers of papers are welcomed from enthusiasts, critics, and
> sceptics.
>
>
> If you would like to offer a paper, please let me know by English love
> day: 14 February 2007. The gist of a title and an abstract would be
> helpful, but an early expression of interest will suffice.
>
> Marcus Doel
>
>
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>
> Professor Marcus A Doel
> Director of Research and Professor of Human Geography
> Centre for Urban Theory
> School of the Environment and Society
> Swansea University
> Singleton Park
> Swansea SA2 8PP
> United Kingdom
>
> Tel 0 11 44 (0)1792 513090
>
> Email: [log in to unmask]
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