Gendering Logistics. Feminist approaches for the Analysis of Supply-Chain Capitalism

Third volume of the series I Quaderni di Into the Black Box.It is possible to read and download the full text here.Below the index and the introduction. INTRODUCTION: READING LOGISTICAL OPERATIONS THROUGH THE PRISM OF GENDEREvelina Gambino, Irene Peano, Into the Black Box GENDERING LOGISTICS: SUBJECTIVITIES, BIOPOLITICS AND EXTRACTION IN SUPPLY CHAINSIrene Peano RACIALIZED MASCULINITIES …

#3 Social Reproduction [Webseminars] Radical Thinking in Time of Pandemic

Video of the third web seminar on social reproduction with Cinzia Arruzza and Simona De Simoni.

Work, Politics, Social Reproduction, Ecology: these are the four axes around which the web seminar of Into the Black Box is centred. Every Tuesday for four weeks two speakers will present their point of view on the world at the time of the covid and the challenges that lie ahead. Each seminar will last one hour: first there will be lectures (15 minutes each) and then space for debate.


Video del terzo seminario sulla riproduzione sociale con Cinzia Arruzza e Simona De Simoni. 

Lavoro, Politica, Riproduzione Sociale, Ecologia: sono questi i quattro assi attorno ai quali ruota il web seminar di Into the Black Box. Ogni martedì per quattro settimane due speaker presenteranno il loro punto di vista sul mondo al tempo del covid e sulle sfide che ci attendono. Ogni seminario durerà un’ora: prima ci saranno le relazioni (15 minuti ciascuna) e poi spazio per il dibattito.

[WEBSEMINARS] Radical Thinking in Time of Pandemic: Labour, Politics, Social Reproduction, Ecology

Racialized Masculinities and Global Logistics Labor

The global capitalist supply chain is controlled by white hegemonic masculinity.[1] Affluent, corporate-elite, straight white men are structurally positioned as the managers and overseers of a vast global logistics labor force comprised primarily of working-class men of color. Throughout the logistics-driven global economy, logistics workers remain highly segregated by both gender and race. Starting from …