weng-chiang was right

by jebni on May 26, 2006

If all goes well, I’ll be presenting the following in Boston this November, as part of a panel about Doctor Who‘s relationship with the field of international relations: Rats in the Sewers: Doctor Who and the Underbelly of the Nation-State (…)

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listening at the slaughterhouse

by jebni on May 20, 2006

Our second experience of Videotage‘s RecRoom nights at the Cattle Depot was all about blocking out the visual to appreciate the aural, so the lack of light made it somewhat hard to take photos — especially given my aversion to (…)

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zero hour

by jebni on May 20, 2006

On Mel’s prompting, that post about Benjamin’s whorehouse is now going to turn into a paper at the Walter Benjamin and the Architecture of Modernity conference in a few months, soon after I get back from Hong Kong: Zero-Hour at (…)

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derelict

by jebni on May 16, 2006

The Centre for Cultural Research’s next seminar at the University of Western Sydney deals with derelict urban spaces: **Helen Armstrong, Adjunct Professor, CCR “Disturbing Landscapes: arguing for derelict sites and wastelands in contemporary cities”** 18 May, 2-4.30pm, Superintendent’s Cottage, Building (…)

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touching down

by jebni on May 15, 2006

I’ve finally managed to get a decent domestic net connection in Hong Kong. Too much to catch up on, so I’ll just mention the ecstatic set that Bangkok electro god Cyndi Seui played at Videotage on Friday night. It reminded (…)

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we built this city

by jebni on May 2, 2006

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the king’s fool, truthiness and humour(s)

by jebni on May 2, 2006

In the wake of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner, everyone’s talking as if Stephen Colbert is going to wind up like Stephen Fry’s character Dietrich in V for Vendetta. I hate to state the obvious, but while I enjoyed (…)

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