Logistics
How does all this stuff get to us?
- De Lara, Juan D. “Cyborg Labor and the Global Logistics Matrix.” In Inland Shift. University of California Press, 2018. (article, 34 mins.)
- Schedule and complete a virtual tour of an Amazon fulfillment center. It’s best if you go on a live virtual tour, since you can ask questions, but you can watch a prerecorded tour if you can’t find a time that fits your schedule. (About 30 mins.)
- Karen Levy, “Data Driven” (video, 57 min.)
- “You’re Just Disposable”: Former Amazon Workers Speak Out, FRONTLINE, 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-KMXng5Cp0.(video, 10 mins.)
In-class links
Videos
- Andrew Norman Wilson, Video Task (intro)
- Why Braceros? (1959)
- Why Cybraceros? (1997)
Amazon and safety
- “How Amazon Hid Its Safety Crisis”
- “Internal Documents Show that Automated Amazon Warehouses Have Higher Injury Rates”
- “What are injury rates like at Amazon warehouses?”
Copyright and Fair Use
Digital storyboarding
Research tools