The Eyes of the World
Author | : James H. Smith |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 361 |
Release | : 2021-12-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780226816067 |
ISBN-13 | : 0226816060 |
Rating | : 4/5 (67 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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.