INTD 1103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Commodity Fetishism, System For Information On Grey Literature In Europe, Palm Oil

• School: Dalhousie University
• Department: International Develop Studies
• Course: INTD 1103
• Professor: James Cameron

Document Summary

Commodity chains the entire life cycle of the commodities we use and consume: Periphery lower value activities (some countries are part of both the core and periphery with both high value and low value elements of commodity chains: ex. , india, brazil, south africa) *not so much a geographic reference, but a way of understanding the division of activity. *poorer countries benefit less from commodity chains! (they probable supply the input supply) We fetishize the finished product at the expense of the knowledge of the processes behind it. Very fe(cid:449) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)odities produ(cid:272)ed (cid:271)y a si(cid:374)gle (cid:271)usi(cid:374)ess (they"d (cid:271)e a(cid:271)le to release all the i(cid:374)fo i(cid:374) making the product) (cid:862)we (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t pro(cid:448)ide a full (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)odity (cid:272)hai(cid:374) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:449)e did(cid:374)"t produ(cid:272)e it all oursel(cid:448)es. Ultimately responsible for the well being of humans, and the environment. Time to conduct research on commodity chains / difficult to find information.