Thomas Cross identifies the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic as a Global Event and uses Deleuzian theory to examine our uncertain perceptions of time, narratives and potentiality in this unprecedented and historical Event. This essay is based on the first year ‘Global Events’ module. Introduction The Event lay at the heart of Delueze and Guattari’s…
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The Geography of Rocket Man
‘Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kid’ Thomas Cross examines how relational space is communicated through animation, and demonstrates how animation and geography share an understanding of space. Released in 1972, Elton John’s Rocket Man rose to no. 2 in the UK singles chart and went on to be certified Platinum in…
The Bloomsbury Geographer 