In this interview with the British journal New Left Review, David Harvey summarises the main stages of his trajectory, from his first works, which were positivistic in inspiration, to his conversion to Marxism and from his fieldwork to his theorisation of urban space, to his reflections on postmodernity and the transformation of contemporary capitalism, particularly in its global aspects. It is this latter perspective, analysed via the prism of imperialism, which is at the centre of Harvey's current research and which has political conclusions which relate to the contemporary meaning of the socialist project.

Postmodernity

Positivism

Prism

10.3917/amx.035.0015

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Custom and habit(us): The meaning of traditions and legends in early medieval western Britain.

Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography (1999)

David Harvey Rhys Jones

Habit

10.1111/1468-0467.00091

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Narrating landscape: The potential of oral history for landscape archaeology

Public Archaeology (2005)

Mark Riley David Harvey Antony G. Brown Sara Mills

The potential of an oral history approach to the study of landscape archaeology is considered. The paper presents the findings from an Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) funded project 'Landscape archaeology and the community in Devon: an oral history approach', which aims to transgress some of the epistemological boundaries of archaeology by drawing on the discursive genre of oral history in order to augment, challenge and destabilize existing landscape narratives. We suggest that oral histories can offer both consensual as well as alternative narratives of landscape and have the ability to engage the public, not just in terms of the popular consumption of archaeological knowledge, but also in the actual construction of archaeological knowledge.

Landscape history

10.1179/146551805793156365

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Consciousness and the Urban Experience: Studies in the History and Theory of Capitalist Urbanization

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers (1987)

John Eyles David Harvey

Urban theory

Urban studies

10.2307/622583

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A functionally conserved STORR gene fusion in Papaver species that diverged 16.8 million years ago

bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2021)

Theresa M. Catania Yi Li Thilo Winzer David Harvey Fergus Meade

Abstract The STORR gene fusion event is considered a key step in the evolution of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid (BIA) metabolism in opium poppy as the resulting bi-modular protein performs the isomerization of ( S )- to ( R )-reticuline which is required for morphinan biosynthesis. Our previous analysis of the opium poppy genome suggested the STORR gene fusion event occurred before a whole genome duplication event 7.2 million years ago. Here we use a combination of phylogenetic, transcriptomic, metabolomic, biochemical and genomic analysis to investigate the origin of the STORR gene fusion across the Papaveraceae family. The pro-morphinan/morphinan subclass of BIAs was present in a subset of 10 Papaver species including P. somniferum (opium poppy) and this correlated with the presence of the STORR gene fusion with one important exception. P. californicum does not produce morphinans but it does contain a STORR gene fusion that epimerizes ( S )- to ( R )-reticuline when heterologously expressed in yeast. The high similarity of the amino acid sequence linking the two modules of STORR along with phylogenetic gene tree analysis strongly suggests the gene fusion occurred only once and between 17-25 million years ago before the separation of P. californicum from the other Papaver species. We discovered that the most abundant BIA in P. californicum is ( R )-glaucine, a member of the aporphine subclass of BIAs. Only the ( S ) isomer of this compound has previously been reported from nature. These results lead us to conclude that the function of the STORR gene fusion is not exclusive to morphinan production in the Papaveraceae.

Papaveraceae

Opium Poppy

Poppy

10.1101/2021.10.11.463683

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Impacts of Improved Animal Welfare Standards on Competitiveness of EU Animal Production

Proceedings in Food System Dynamics (2013)

David Harvey Carmen Hubbards Edward Majewski Agata Malak-Rawlikowska

The paper presents results of the FP7 Econ-Welfare Project “Assessing the socio-economic consequences of measures promoting good animal welfare”. The paper illustrates the economic consequences at the farm level of indicative improvements in animal welfare conditions for pigs and cattle and addresses the consequences of improved animal welfare for international trade and competitiveness1. For the farm level considerations costs - effectiveness analysis was applied, whilst impacts of the upgraded standards on international trade and competitiveness was assessed with the use of the partial equilibrium Agmemod model. The Belief Network Approach was used to determine the effects of animal welfare standards and labels on the competitiveness of the EU animal production and supply chain. Introducing upgraded Animal Welfare standards at the farm level would increase costs of production in pigs and beef cattle sectors. In dairy sector upgrading cows welfare standards results with higher benefits than costs. Accordingly, Agmemod results indicate that on the pork and beef markets international competitive position of the EU producers may be undermined. However, as the analysis showed, there are both supply conditions and demand side circumstances which may well resolve the apparent conflict between animal welfare and chain competitiveness. On the supply side, it is apparent that there are some animal welfare improvements that can be made without compromising competitiveness. Supply chain information, education and training may well be able to improve both animal welfare and competitiveness. In addition, better understanding of both animal welfare and animal productivity (through R&D) can be expected to lead to improvements in both objectives.

Partial equilibrium

10.18461/pfsd.2013.1316

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Life after MIDI—The Past, Present, and Future of Music Software

David Harvey

MIDI

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A Brief History of Neoliberalism and Neoliberalism Vsi Value Pack

David Harvey Manfred B. Steger Ravi K. Roy

Neoliberalism (international relations)

Value (mathematics)

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