The eyes of the world : mining the digital age in the Eastern DR Congo

The eyes of the world : mining the digital age in the Eastern DR Congo / James H. Smith.

"The rise of the Information Age and of a data-driven economy may well be what distinguish the current era. We are able to enjoy the digital devices that define our times not only because of Silicon Valley innovations but also because of a burgeoning trade in dense substances like coltan, tin,...

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Main Author: Smith, James H., 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2022.
Series:Chicago scholarship online.
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Subjects:
Small-scale miners > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Mineral industries > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Small-scale mining > Congo (Democratic Republic)
Tantalum industry > Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Table of Contents:
  • Orientations
  • Prologue: an introduction to the personal, methodological, and spatiotemporal scales of the project
  • The eyes of the world: themes of movement, visualization, and (dis)embodiment in Congolese digital minerals extraction (an introduction)
  • Mining worlds. War stories: seeing the world through war ; The magic chain: interdimensional movement in the supply chain for the "Black Minerals" ; Mining futures in the ruins
  • The eyes of the world on Bisie and the game of tags ; Bisie during the time of movement ; Insects of the forest ; The battle of Bisie ; Closure ; Game of tags: auditing the digital minerals supply chain ; Conclusion: chains, holes, and wormholes.

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