Logistics, Capitalist Circulation, Chokepoints
We must learn to practice a systematic form of disloyalty to our own local civilization if we seek either to understand it or to interact equitably with others formed elsewhere. – Paul Gilroy, After...
View ArticleThe Slow Boat to China
The following post is the first in a series of oceanic dispatches from Disorder member Charmaine Chua. She is currently on a 46-day journey on board a 100,000 ton Evergreen container ship starting in...
View ArticleThe Quiet Port is Logistics’ Nightmare
Dispatch #2 from Charmaine’s ethnography of a container ship comes to us from the port of Tacoma, where the ship is currently experiencing severe delays. Continue to follow the Ever Cthulhu with the...
View ArticleLandlessness and the Life of Seamen
This post is Part 3 in a series of dispatches posted from a 130, 000 ton container ship. More here. The bow of the ship is the only place on the Ever Cthulhu that affords a modicum of silence. To get...
View ArticleIn Non-Places, No One Can Hear You Cry
Post 4 in a series of ethnographic notes sent from the Pacific Ocean. View more from the series here. The 3rd mate’s seafaring career began with a desire for basketball shoes. “When I was really young,...
View ArticleThe Chinese Logistical Sublime and Its Wasted Remains
Sent from Taipei, the last post in a container ship ethnography. The entire series can be viewed here. “We cannot think of a time that is oceanless Or of an ocean not littered with wastage” – T. S....
View ArticleThe Dissonance of Things #6: Logistics – Violence, Empire and Resistance
Source: Marcus Lyon This May, The Dissonance of Things switches out British accents for those of the vaguely North American variety, as I serve as host for our sixth podcast on the topic of logistics...
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