GEOG 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Tantalum, Moodle, Tungsten
1 Dec 2016
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Unruly globalization: from drugs to cell phones (illegal/unethical practices) Globalization: the increasing interconnectedness of different parts of the world through common processes of economic, environmental, political, & cultural change. Example, shipping (the global shipping system, if it were to end the global economy would collapse) Forms of globalization that are illegal, quasi-legal, questionably legal, tied to conflict, outright unethical, etc. , the underside of globalization. Example, the global drug trade (map shows drug routes across the world) We are somehow connected to all parts of the world. Some (but certainly not all) mineral extraction is tied to conflict, ex. Mining, which requires digging up the ground, people who live on that land must move) Conflict minerals" (minerals can be sold to fund, groups will fight for mineral control) Coltan (tantalum, extracted from coltan, withstand extreme heat and conduct electricity). We unknowingly contribute to conflict or fuel the conflict.
