Media, Information and Technoculture 2000F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Walmart, Human Events, Zuhr Prayer

• School: Western University
• Department: Media, Information and Technoculture
• Course: Media, Information and Technoculture 2000F/G
• Professor: Atle Kjosen

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Mit 2000 the history of communication : lecture 6. Essay proposal, up to 2 pages, single spaced. How do we know space and time? (cid:12254) What day our birthday is on in ten years? (cid:12254) How can clocks, schedules and maps be thought of as expressions of power? (cid:12254) Important to know where something is in the supply chain. Purpose: to get commodities to the right place at the right time. Do not transmit messages through space or time (cid:12254) (cid:12254) Logistics is the coordination of people (workers, consumers), things (commodities, vehicles), and information in relation to various facilities (factories, warehouses/distribution centres, retail stores) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) (cid:12254) How do we get something from point a to b. The whole point is to know where you commodities are in time and space (cid:12254) Organize time and space (and thus makes sense out of these concepts) Establish the basic coordinates of time and space (peters, 16)