So...you'd like to learn more about logistics?

June 9, 2020 8:36 AM

Matthew Hockenberry has thoughtfully compiled a list of source material on topics in the critical study of logistics, including: "Logistical Media; Mining and Extraction; Production and Assembly; Shipping, Storage, Distribution; Speculations on Supply; Activism and Resistance; Logistical Histories; Commodity Communications; Migration, Mobility, and Movement; Corporations and Capitalism; Computational Production; Infrastructures and Spaces; and Consumers and Consumption." But first, let's set the stage. A Supply Studies Syllabus, from Supply Studies (via The Prepared newsletter).
posted by MonkeyToes (3 comments total)

This is extremely relevant to my intestines, and work. Thanks!
posted by filthy light thief at 8:54 AM on June 9, 2020 [1 favorite]

Adam Minter's work on the globe-spanning recycling and secondhand trade comes to mind as a valuable addition to this already great syllabus. I just finished Secondhand.
posted by spamandkimchi at 2:08 PM on June 9, 2020 [2 favorites]

Holy shit, this is literally years worth of material. Thanks so much for posting.
posted by aspersioncast at 9:37 PM on June 9, 2020 [1 favorite]