Interview Archive

On A World Without Events: Joseph Masco, interviewed by Sonia Grant

In this interview, Joseph Masco speaks with Sonia Grant about his current work examining the evolution of the national security state in the United States, with a particular focus on the interplay between affect, technology, and threat perception within a national public sphere. 

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Sonia Grant

On Marcuse And Liberation Philosophy: Arnold Farr, interviewed by Margath Walker

Arnold Farr speaks to Margath Walker about his research on German idealism, Marxism, critical theory, philosophy of race, postmodernism, psychoanalysis, and liberation philosophy.

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Margath Walker

Iborder, Borderscapes, Bordering: A Discussion between Holger Pötzsch and Chiara Brambilla

In this interview, Holger Pötzsch and Chiara Brambilla discuss a range of theoretical and methodological issues in border research.

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Chiara Brambilla and Holger Pötzsch

On Geographies of Violence: Michael Watts, interviewed by Stuart Elden

Michael Watts is Class of 1963 Professor of Geography and Development Studies at University of California, Berkeley. He is the author and editor of a number of important studies of Nigeria, geopolitics, political violence and ecology. He was awarded the Victoria medal of the Royal Geographical Society in 2004 “for research on political economy, culture and power”.

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Michael Watts, Stuart Elden

On Distance And Bernardo Secchi: Paola Pellegrini, interviewed by Camillo Boano and Giovanna Astolfo

Secchi's death in September marks a great loss for urbanism. This interview is a gesture towards bringing his work to a wider Anglophone audience, reflecting on his legacy by exploring his intellectual production, critical pedagogy and practice, with a special focus on the exploration of his idea of a 'new urban question' and the formation of his reflexive urban research praxis.

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Camillo Boano and Giovanna Astolfo

On The Civilian In Gaza: Walaa Alqaisiya and Lisa Bhungalia, interviewed by Mat Coleman and Mary Thomas

In this interview, Walaa Alqaisiya speaks to Mary Thomas on the political dynamics in Gaza, Palestine.

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Mary Thomas

On Ontogenesis And The Ethics Of Becoming: Elizabeth Grosz, interviewed by Kathryn Yusoff

In this interview Grosz discusses her new book about questions of ontology and ethics, which draws on the philosophies of the Stoics, Spinoza, Nietzsche to address materialist idealism.

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Kathryn Yusoff

On Lefebvre And Urban Research: Łukasz Stanek, interviewed by Stuart Elden

In this interview, Łukasz Stanek discusses the work of Henri Lefebvre and his latest book, "Henri Lefebvre on Space: Architecture, Urban Research, and the Production of Theory".

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Stuart Elden

On The Afterlife Of Destruction: Gastón Gordillo, interviewed by Stuart Elden

Gastón Gordillo speaks with Stuart Elden about his bodies of work, including "Landscapes of Devils: Tensions of Place and Memory in the Argentinean Chaco " and "Rubble: The Afterlife of Destruction".

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Stuart Elden

On The Sublime In Modern Philosophy: Emily Brady, interviewed by Vahid Jafarzadehdarzi

In this interview, Emily Brady discusses her book "The Sublime in Modern Philosophy: Aesthetics, Ethics, and Nature", the meaning of the the sublime, and its implications for metaphysics, aesthetics, ethics, and the environment.

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Vahid Jafarzadehdarzi