SOC 880 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Land Degradation, Internet Protocol Suite, Internetworking
5 Sep 2019
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Soc 880 module 4: it and globalization. Reading 1: fuchs, c. digital slavery: slave work in ict-related mineral extraction. (pp. Production process of icts consist of multiple forms of labour that are invisible to the user. Icts have a complex spatial and temporal history of production that involves an iddl, in which different forms of labour create the use-values needed for obtaining a computer or phone. Commodity production is being increasingly subdivided into fragments which can be assigned to whichever part of the world can provide the most profitable combination of capital and labour. Most important metals in tech: aluminum, iron, copper, nickel and zinc. African countries are the largest producers of minerals needed for icts. The take up of the mining business has resulted in the forced relocation of local communities and pollution of rivers, the air and farmland, as well as a lack of local involvement in decision making and employment.
