We've released a new major version of Manifest, our investigative toolkit for researchers interested in visualizing, analyzing, and documenting supply chains!. Lots of new features, fixes, and maps thanks to our NEH grant. Check it out at

Hey everyone, I'm doing some more tenure packet work. If you (or someone you know) cite my work or use my stuff (Manifest, the Supply Studies Syllabus, etc.) in your research/classes/projects, let me know!.

RT @oiioxford: New blog! ‘The Supply Chain of AI: the environmental impact of AI and why we need to reconsider algorithmic harms’, explains….

RT @jpeg_bolton: A great hour of Miriam breaking down how the shipping system enables capital accumulation across (and outside of) borders,….

RT @labor_journal: @michaelbilleaux in “Struggles on the Supply Chain” looks at the potential and limitations of workers' structural power….

RT @DukePress: We are working on a remembrance, but we cannot overstate the influence of #FredricJameson on Duke University Press. We have….

RT @datasociety: “The entire supply chain is a part of the problem,” says AIMLab Project Director @Tamigraph. “If we have a limited amount….

RT @hockendougal: We've released a new major version of Manifest, our investigative toolkit for researchers interested in visualizing, anal….

Sharing more of the investigations on Manifest:. Elizabeth Bishop looks at the unremarkability of the uranium "MacGuffin" in reviews of Alfred Hitchcock's Notorious--"except in the jurisdiction with the world's largest uranium reserves," Australia.

Sharing more of the investigations on Manifest:. Related to the Apple Factory Manifest, this one is a fairly comprehensive map of all of Apple's (self-reported) suppliers from 2013 to 2019).

You can also view this one in our draft "storymap" mode. Since this is a (mostly) linear timeline, this design makes a lot of sense here:

Sharing more of the investigations on Manifest:. This is a look at Apple's manufacturing history (plus NeXT, Foxconn, etc). While today Apple is primarily associated with places like China, they have a long and complicated relationship with manufacturing.

I also wanted to share some of the investigations we have on Manifest: . This is a historic map of Western Electric's supply chain for their candlestick telephone in 1927. It uses WE & Bell pamphlets to pull imagery and quotes around source and use.

RT @brechtfast: My book 'The Arts of Logistics' is out today. It tells the story of how the supply chain became the chief organizing form….

RT @SupplyChainDive: Parcel carriers like UPS have benefitted from increased volume thanks to the rise of Shein and Temu. However, with the….

RT @AndrewKersley: EXCL: Ambulances were called out to Amazon warehouses more than 1,400 times in the past five years. Worker suicides wer….

RT @ranjodhd: The final two Life in Pixels conversations just dropped: (1/4).

RT @kjstine: Excited to see this special issue out. Thanks go to @hockendougal and @miriamkp for the thoughtful prompt. It led to a series….

RT @andrewlison: Excited to be a part of this excellent issue! My piece looks at the Zilog Z80 CPU as a global platform, especially in post….