Phil Cohen 1943-2024 Professor Phil Cohen, radical activist, cultural theorist, memoirist, poet and urban ethnographer, has died aged 81. ‘When I first met Phil Cohen,’ recalls Dr Toby Butler, ‘he was professor of Cultural Studies at the University of East London. Fizzing with ideas, he drew together an astonishing array of artists, academics and policy … [Read more...] about Phil Cohen Obituary
Waypoints 2
Publication date: first quarter of 2025. New introduction by Andrew Calcutt This new book brings together Phil Cohen's most recent writing and spans the period from the Covid 19 pandemic to the ongoing wars in the Ukraine and Gaza. Like the pieces in the first Waypoints volume, these essays are occasional in that they were prompted by particular contingencies, both personal … [Read more...] about Waypoints 2
Things Ain’t What They Used To Be
Phil Cohen A New Title from eyeglass books. Three years in the making, this book is an experiment in close collaboration between a writer and four visual artists who together take a stab at capturing the zeitgeist from Left Field. This is no prophecy of Doom or New Dawn but a groundling’s view of the theatre of cruelty which currently passes for everyday life, … [Read more...] about Things Ain’t What They Used To Be
Cartographies of Violence/Rhetorics of War
Livingmaps Webinar November 28th 18.00 - 20.00 (UK time) In this webinar we will hear from three leading researchers on how maps are mobilised in conflict. This event is part of In and Against the Fog of War: Mappings from the Front Line, a programme of live events, webinars and workshops organised by Livingmaps Network addressing the historical and contemporary links … [Read more...] about Cartographies of Violence/Rhetorics of War
Living Maps Autumn Newsletter 2022
Livingmaps Network was started in 2015 by a small group of enthusiasts, none of whom were professional cartographers, but who were interested in challenging the dominant way maps were made, used or thought about and in developing alternative , more democratic and participatory approaches to doing all three. Over these past seven years Living Maps has established itself as a … [Read more...] about Living Maps Autumn Newsletter 2022