Courses Taught in 2006-2007:
Geog. 1000.6 - World Geography (one-third of
course)
Geog. 5111.3 - Cosmopolitics
Research Interests
- Globalizations, world city systems, and everyday life
- Necrogeography and cosmological landscapes
- Surveillant control and spatial justice
- Neo-imperial geopolitics
Select Recent Publications
"Empire of the Insensate." In Sorkin, M. (ed.) Indefensible Space: The Architecture of the National Insecurity State. pp. 29-50. New York and London: Routledge. 2008
"Interventions in Banal Neoimperialism." Guest editor. Political Geography. Volume 27, #6. pp. 617-629. 2008
"Postmodern Urban Theory" In Goldfield, D. (ed.) Encyclopedia of American Urban History. London: Sage Publications. 2007
"Portable Autonomous Zones: Tourism and the Travels of Dissent." In Minca, C. and Oakes, T. (eds.) Travels in Paradox: Remapping Toursim. pp. 185 - 204. Lanham: Rowman and Littelfield. 2006
“Culturing the World City: An Exhibition of the Global Present.” In Brenner, N. and Keil, R., Global Cities Reader. London and New York: Routledge. 2005.
“Conceptions of a Pale-Skinned Savage.” In Muscio, I. Confessions of a Blue-Eyed Devil. Seattle: Seal Press. 2005.
"Y la Revolución se Combirtio en Mercancia", in Antal, E. (ed.), Los Nuevos Actores en América del Norte . Ciudad de México: CISAN-UNAM, 2003. Also available in English as "The Revolution Will Be Commoditized: Globalization and Its Traveling Discontents", in Minca, C. and T. Oakes (eds.), Travels in Paradox: Remapping Tourism . Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield. 2005.
De-Coca-Colonization: Making the Globe from
the Inside Out . London and New York: Routledge, 2004
The Spaces of Postmodernity: Readings in
Human Geography (with M. Dear). Oxford: Blackwell Publishers,
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