Lecture by Andrew Herod (2015)

Let’s have a throwback to 2015, and the lecture that was delivered by professor Andrew Herod in the context of the “Geographies of work and uneven development in Europe during the crisis” conference.

In this thought-provoking lecture entitled “𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐦: 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐖𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐬.”, Professor Herod explores the complex relationships between labour, space, and capitalism, arguing that we cannot fully understand economic crises by analyzing capital alone. The lecture also draws on the influential theories of Michel Foucault and Henri Lefebvre, alongside critical geographic thinkers such as Doreen Massey, David Harvey, Neil Smith and so on.
With brief references to Greek case studies, Herod finally encourages the audience to rethink the ways labour shapes (and is shaped by) the spatialities of capitalism and its uneven geographies.