March 1, 2023
A logistical breakdown in global supply chains gave rise to a neighborly system of exchange and recycling in one North Carolinian suburb. Families took in new items - from stuffed animals to wine coasters - as fast as they cleared out their closets.
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.
The author dreams a scenario that veers between nightmare and reality about the plight of warehouse workers, and an imaginary audience that cares.
Poetry and graphic art come together to tell a powerful story of how the #COVID19 pandemic is experienced by incarcerated people.
The supply, distribution, and 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 and new #covidlogistics.
In South Korea, singing and concerts have been viewed as a risk due to their potential for spreading Covid through sound-and-droplet transfer. The pandemic has further highlighted how cultural ideologies about specific kinds of music and artists are articulated through state regulation.
The circulation of masks within and outside of South Korea has been highly regulated by the government during the pandemic. Sending masks to family members living abroad became the greatest symbol of care during lockdown.
From toilet paper to bicycles, board games to ketchup, the world experienced a range of product shortages this past year. Check out this listicle of “hot items” in short supply during the pandemic. #SoLogistical
In Wuhan, China, the pandemic has popularized ever more specialized delivery and logistics services. Is specialist mobility labor (“running legs”) here to stay?
This listicle showcases changing mediatized representations of Punjabi logistical labor, from trucking to transnational logistical relationships, diasporic remittances to COVID-related border closures. #SoLogistical #TruckingLogistics
The state of Punjab in India has been central to the recent farmers’ protests. It is also a major site of logistical flows - trucking, transnational labor circulation, and supply chain politics - that in turn influence musical media coming out of the region.
An anthropologist reflects on the logistical disruption to the publication & distribution of his daily “distraction,” comic books.
In West Africa, travelers rely on WhatsApp groups for timely and accurate logistical information regarding pandemic-related border closures.
The rising #Covid19 death toll in Iran has led to multiple logistical conundrums: where to bury the dead and how long to postpone funerals. As the pandemic continues, “after” Covid seems like a distant temporal horizon.
In the early days of the pandemic, Taiwan was a haven for “covid refugees” due to its low #Covid19 count. But since May 2021, the island country has seen multiple Covid clusters and a vaccine shortage.
In Bengaluru, India, WhatsApp groups connected farmers directly to consumers during the Covid lockdown, enabling a new process of selling.
The cameras at Mecca are always on, broadcasting live from the Grand Mosque. During the pandemic, the crowds diminished but the live feeds continued, now suffused with messages about #covidlogistics.
Type of Mask: Mask with filter, branded by Physicians for Human Rights
Type of Mask: KN95
During the pandemic, care has often meant isolation from loved ones. But in Palestinian refugee camps that are overcrowded, people are facing a cruel, new disaster.
Type of Mask: Commercially purchased fabric face mask (“EnerPlex Comfort XL 3-Ply Reusable Face Mask - Breathable Comfort, Fully Machine Washable, Extra Large”)
Type of Mask: Fabric face mask
"Negative" PCR certificates have become essential travel documents. But waiting for the test results can be a nerve-wrecking experience...
Grave digging as punishment. Restrictions on when to walk your dog. Banning junk food. These are just some of the unusual rules to emerge out of Covid lockdowns from around the world. #SoLogistical #CovidRules
In the United States, the logistics of COVID-19 relief privileges citizens and certain non-citizens, and leave communities most impacted by the virus, such as undocumented migrants, with the least protections.
Cochlear implants are lifelines for many, a means to accessing and living in the world. But the pandemic has made it hard to find essential parts such as implant batteries.
Coming after a catastrophic 2020, the UK's greatest logistical triumph in a generation will leave shockingly little trace that it ever happened.
Type of Mask: Disposable surgical mask
"Point-to-point" labor transport has become the standard way of resuming labor mobility as the lockdown eased in China.
Type of Mask: Uniqlo AIRism fabric face mask (black, size M, three pack, 90% nylon, 10% polyurethane)
The severe oxygen shortage in India deepens the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in the country, sending diasporic Indians scrambling to help their families.
During the December festivities, many from Zimbabwe usually cross over to South Africa for shopping. This continued despite the lockdown in 2020, but it became harder and more dangerous.
In Brazil, BR-163 is an important logistical route for transporting soybean and corn, but its very existence is detrimental for an indigenous community.
India's sudden nationwide lockdown in March 2020 led to a chaotic disruption of food supply chains, with state borders closed and no workers to load or unload boxes...
In the Netherlands, package delivery workers depend on a cluster of digital systems that function via precise calculations of the package’s expected handling time and speed of movement. Read on to know more about "The System".
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Resident Committee (RC)’s supervisional and regulatory power was vividly seen and felt by Shanghai residents...
The recent navigational fail of the container ship, Ever Given, proved there’s nothing like a giant shipping disaster to capture public attention. Take a brief detour into the dark archive of other #ShipOfFools for those who can’t get enough of the shock-and-awe of maritime disasters...#SoLogistical. #MaritimeLogistics
In Nagaland, Northeast India, the logistics of mobilizing care and protection for vulnerable children from violent homes becomes a rallying point.
Airline meals are a thing of enigma. They are these magical products that seem to float effortlessly out of tiny airplane galleys...
Supply shortages. Transportation challenges. Securing Bubble Space… Has anyone ever noticed how these parables of contagion are all about #Logistics? #CovidXLogistics, #ZombieLogistics, #SoLogistical
Type of Mask: Homemade “Origami 3D” Mask
Type of Mask: N95 (semi disposable)
Type of Mask: Soft fabric mask with a removable filter
Type of Mask: KFDA-Approved KF94 “Yellow Dust” Mask
Type of Mask: Fabric double-layered cotton mask in an origami-fold design
Type of Mask: Washable fabric face mask made from 100% organic cotton
Type of mask: Fabric face mask
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