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Welcome to our cabinet of curiosities, a roving collection of artifacts, tales and puzzles about #Logistics in the Time of Covid

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Welcome to our Twitter! We’re so excited to launch our multi-platform research project, #Logistics in the Time of Covid, sponsored by @UchiCollegium. Here’s our team! Stay tuned for regular posts and content & check out our website in bio! #anthropology #CovidXLogistics @UChicago

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@NaomiVeenhoven writes on logistics labor for the new issue of @road_sides

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Naomi Veenhoven uncovers how a package label from the Netherlands can be deciphered – and experimented with – by the workers whose handheld devices dictate the limited time allowed to deliver the parcels to their destinations: https://t.co/CiQlvSqJrM

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Yuxing Zhang explores how trustworthiness works in supply chains through the new promotion and use of blockchain technologies with a particular focus on the specialized crab market and its logistical operations in China: https://t.co/wExEEm8V4s

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Examining the backstage work of cleaners in high-tech IT offices in Bhutan, Roderick Wijunamai focuses on how the use of materials like mops and brooms are crucial to maintaining the offices’ future: https://t.co/wKELhQsIjx

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Another article from the new @road_sides issue edited by @JehulieCh and @tinahonjo

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Hege Høyer Leivestad investigates the political economy of piled-up administrative paperwork in facilitating and mediating the movement of container ships in southern Spain: https://t.co/sBimAllILp

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New issue of @road_sides is out! Edited by Julie Chu @JehulieCh and Tina Harris @tinahonjo

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Very happy to see that Roadsides 007, #Logistics is out! https://t.co/tw30euevtn

Co-edited with Julie Y. Chu @JehulieCh, and featuring wonderful articles by @cryopolitics @hockendougal @DebbieHopkins_ @rdrck_wjnm @NaomiVeenhoven and many others. All pieces will be up by Friday.

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What do geopolitics, gaming, and logistics have to do with one another? Read on! @road_sides

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Zachary Sheldon and Jack Mullee dissect the rules of a 1978 board game produced by the military-industrial giant Westinghouse for teaching players how to think like a logistical engineer in the global contest for geopolitical dominance: https://t.co/f4GF1QqTh4

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Logistics is key to issues ranging from global supply chains to mask shortages during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our project on the topic explores new approaches to #logistics education & research such as game-based learning. @logisticsxcovid

Learn more: https://t.co/wXS8Oloqb4

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Deadline for abstracts is Oct 31! Send in your #logistics inspired entries! See our previous post (below) for more details.

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Contribute to an exciting new issue of @road_sides on the topic...you guessed it, #logistics! Editors @JehulieCh & @tinahonjo invite eclectic, multimodal pieces that speak to logistical worlds broadly construed.

More info: https://t.co/WgA0MukHZq

Abstract deadline: 31 Oct

[covidxlogistics @logisticsxcovid]

Contribute to an exciting new issue of @road_sides on the topic...you guessed it, #logistics! Editors @JehulieCh & @tinahonjo invite eclectic, multimodal pieces that speak to logistical worlds broadly construed.

More info: https://t.co/WgA0MukHZq

Abstract deadline: 31 Oct

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With global supply chains disrupted, a system of informal sidewalk trade took place in one North Carolinian suburb during the pandemic. @uchicago @uchicollegium #SoLogistical #Covid19 #trade #recycling #anthropology

Peter Redfield, USC
Art @Flyest_alien

https://t.co/7Pz4BnHWDD

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A diabetic gives a rundown of the logistics involved in acquiring regular medical care during the pandemic in Brazil, where half a million people have died from Covid-19. @uchicago @uchicollegium #SoLogistical #diabetes

Débora Aligieri, São Paulo

https://t.co/K6VWEj8kGn

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An author-illustrator duo conjure a dreamscape about the plight of warehouse workers and an imaginary audience that cares. @uchicago @uchicollegium #SoLogistical #Covid19 #essentialworkers #nightmare #reality

Beth Gutelius & Dave Pabellon

Full article: https://t.co/q4aUZvg5RC

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Poetry and graphic art come together to tell a powerful story of how the #COVID19 pandemic is experienced by incarcerated people. #SoLogistical #BLM #poetry #graphicart @uchicago @uchicollegium @topdogunderdog @nyuniversity https://t.co/MTUYZpFmaG

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The supply, distribution & chewing of khat came to a halt in East Africa due to #COVID19. But the pandemic has also led to the brokering of new trade deals between nations. @uchicago @uchicollegium #SoLogistical #khat #Somalia

https://t.co/kpI5gYvi5j

Jatin Dua @UMich

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For South Koreans living abroad, receiving masks from home became the ultimate symbol of care amidst strict government regulations @uchicollegium #SoLogistical #CovidXLogistics #Covid19 #SouthKorea #masks

https://t.co/cWR6pbchT1

Jiyea Hong @uchicago
Hei-won Byun @UPennAnth

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Our new listicle, “Out of Stock,” shows how material lives are governed by the logistics of supply&demand. From toilet paper to bikes, pandemic shortages sent buyers into mass panic. @uchicago @uchicollegium #SoLogistical

https://t.co/oTkynaZt5I

Photo: Andrea Brown/The Herald

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The pandemic has resulted in more specialized delivery services in China. Is specialist mobility labor (“running legs”) a trend or here to stay? @uchicago @uchicollegium #SoLogistical #China #Covid #delivery #mobility

Biao Xiang @MaxMoLab @UniofOxford

https://t.co/RfZlrY1x8b

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This listicle showcases changing mediatized representations of Punjabi logistical flows, from trucking and shipping to diasporic remittances. @uchicago @uchicollegium #SoLogistical #CovidXLogistics #Punjab #Covid19 #music #media

Davindar Singh @harvard

https://t.co/IemLUsm1PZ

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Punjab, India, is an agricultural hub, a crucial site of logistical & labor flows, and recently, protests against a detrimental farm bill. @uchicago @uchicollegium #SoLogistical #CovidXLogistics #India #Punjab #Covid19 #protest

Davindar Singh @harvard

https://t.co/xVuo1AYdVH

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An anthropologist reflects on the logistical disruption to the publication & distribution of his daily “distraction,” comic books.@uchicago @uchicollegium #SoLogistical #Comics #Marvel #DCComics #FarSector #distraction #Covid19

@M_Wolf_Meyer @binghamtonu

https://t.co/b6ByqvkyeN