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September 16 @ 6 P.M.
Daniel Family Commons, Usdan University Center
Logistics, the art and science of getting goods, services, and information to the right place at the right time to maximize profit, has profoundly altered contemporary life in the global north. Historians call this a revolution, and link it to the adoption of the shipping container, or as one popular book puts it, “the box.” Drawing on critical studies of logistics that have emerged across fields such as geography, anthropology, and sociology, this talk delves into logistics’ central concept and aesthetic: flow. As material and metaphor, concept and practice, flow is a powerful mobile form that challenges traditional epistemologies and practices of social change.
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