Author Archives: biffbang
A small update
Coming after a few months of neglect I have made a small update to the blog today – adding links to the existing English translations of Internationale Situationniste #5, #6, & #7 . You can visit them via the menu … Continue reading
Three short articles from IS#1 added to site
Three of the shorter articles from IS#1 have been newly translated and uploaded. They can be accessed from the “IS#1” tab on the menu above, or directly with the links below: Publications for Situationist Agitation The Second SI Conference Venice … Continue reading
Two new translations uploaded
Two more articles from IS#1 have been newly translated and uploaded. They can be accessed from the “IS#1” tab on the menu above, or directly with the links below: 1.7 Preliminary Problems in the Construction of a Situation 1.8 Definitions
Translation of “For and Against Cinema” uploaded
A new translation from IS #1 has just been uploaded to the site. Either follow this link or use the menu bar in the header to access the contents of IS #1.
New Translation on-line
This article is “The Struggle for Control of the New Techniques of Conditioning” (La lutte pour le controle des nouvelles techniques de conditionnement) You’ll find it here. (Note: you can access a linked list of all the proofread articles from the first … Continue reading
New domain name + other news
First some fairly insignificant news – but which could save you a little typing. You can now get to this blog directly by typing isinenglish.com into your web-browser of choice. Next – there should be a steady flow of new … Continue reading
“Memoires” on Academia.edu
To make me feel a bit more like an academic I have uploaded my translation of “Memoires” to Academia.edu. It is actually a slightly updated version ( with 2 minor corrections to the text) – so if you really must … Continue reading
My other Blog: Mai 68 in English
Given the definite cross-over in potential interest I thought I should take the time to to post a link to my other blog, which is documenting my collection of tracts, posters and ephemera related to the Mai 68 “événements” in … Continue reading
New Translation from IS #1
I have just uploaded a new translation from the first issue of Internationale Situationniste. As mentioned in previous posts I have completed drafting translations of the contents of the first issue, and I’ll be adding them to the site as … Continue reading
Memoires – footnotes and sources of detournements (Edited working notes)
I have realised that it would be of value to some people to make some information available on the sources of Debord’s detournements (most derived from Boris Donné’s excellent book “Pour Memoires”), and the sources of the pre-existing English translations I … Continue reading
Internationale Situationniste in English 