geography – Javier Arbona Homar, PhD

The Explosivity of Kelp

Posted on 2020-03-16 by J.Arbona

Uncovering kelp’s hidden past as an ingredient in explosives may have the answer to preserving its future survival under climate change.

The Explosivity of Kelp, at Society & Space open site (part of a forum on everyday militarisms born from our UC Davis – U Sydney collaboratory)

Explosive Cultures: Bombscapes and the Order of Law

Posted on 2017-03-052017-03-05 by J.Arbona

I’m happy to mention I’ll be one of a cohort of 2018 DHI Faculty Fellows… Here’s a quick blurb of the project:

“Explosive Cultures: Bombscapes and the Order of Law”
Javier Arbona investigates the ordo: the shared spatial, imaginative, and cultural ties between the order of the explosive and the order of the law. Specifically, this project seeks to reveal the cultural landscapes—or “bombscapes”—produced by the seeming opposition, but actual co-evolution, of explosions and the legal attempts to control them.

Network of Concerned Geographers letter to the AAG

Posted on 2016-10-242016-10-24 by J.Arbona

We, the undersigned, the Network of Concerned Geographers (NCG), are concerned about the growing involvement of the US military in the discipline of geography.

Sign the letter here.

Some readings from the last week or so…

Posted on 2016-04-26 by J.Arbona

Cartography of Naps by Eva Hagberg Fisher; on architectural affinities, fatigue, and gendered labor in academia.
The Urbanization of Drone Warfare: Policing Surplus Populations in the Dronepolis by Ian Shaw.
The Waterscape of Cochabamba, Bolivia, 1879-2000 (dissertation review); “Sarah Hines’ new study uncovers the deep historical roots of the Water War and the popular victory that resulted.”
Negative Publicity: Artefacts of Extraordinary Rendition; ” photographs and documents that confront the nature of contemporary warfare and the invisible mechanisms of state control.”
Against Infographics; “to challenge the stability of underlying data, in fact or in principle,” re: the work of Gert Jan Kocken.
Death by rescue in the policies of non-assistance of the Mediterranean.
Over the Edge; “They were old enough to know better, but too young to care. And now this town is… Over the Edge;” N.b. The best urban history film, according to John Stehlin.
Fred Turner: The link from anti-fascist art and the “historical problem” of Facebook; Ethan Zuckerman tells us about Fred Turner’s talk: “he starts the story with the “historical problem” of Facebook.”
Brett Story: The Prison in 12 Landscapes (interview); “the presence of the prison system in our everyday geographies.”
UC Per Student Spending Reaches Historical Low; Admin at All Time High; “The 54% decline in student allocations correlates with a rise in student loan debt, which is currently at a UC average of $20,210”

Reposted from my Sunday reading picks at The New Inquiry. Thanks to Aaron Bady for inciting. Most, and maybe all of my bookmarked links are saved on Pinboard.