York University Geography Society  
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Faculty Profiles

 

Dr. Steven Flusty

Assistant Professor

 

Ph.D. (Geography) University of Southern California, 2002

M.Arch. (Architecture) Southern California Institute of Architecture, 1991

BfA (Industrial Design) University of California at Los Angeles, 1986

 

Office: S408 Ross

Phone: (416) 736-2100 ext. 33729

Fax: (416) 736-5988

e-mail: sflusty@yorku.ca

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, 2001.