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‘Mickey & Friends: Haunted Halloween’ book (made in China, read in ‘the West’). NGO Video (2006): Hong Kong based Students & Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour release a film called Those with justice. It shows factory workers in China making Disney books – including this one – talking about the harsh conditions under which they work, their relationships with their children, and their responsibilities to the Western children who read the books they make. Click for more...http://followthethings.wordpress.com/5-misc/thosewithjustice/thosewithjustice.htmlshapeimage_3_link_0
Simpson’s merchandise (made in South Korea, consumed worldwide). TV animation intro (2010): an episode of The Simpsons opens with a ‘couch gag’ directed by British graffiti artist Banksy. Viewers are taken to the unbelievably exploitative South Korean sweatshops where Simpsons animators work, and Simpsons merchandise is produced, before returning to the family sitting at home on their couch watching TV. It clearly doesn’t show what’s ‘really’ happening there, so what is Banksy trying to say? Click for more...http://followthethings.wordpress.com/5-misc/thosewithjustice/simpsonscouchgag.htmlshapeimage_4_link_0

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Tennis balls (made in the Philippines, used in the UK). Newspaper article (2002): it’s the first day of the Wimbledon tennis tournament where 48,000 Slazenger tennis balls will be famous for a fortnight. Journalist Fran Abrams traces the origins of these balls, finding that they’re made from ingredients sourced from 9 countries, and from the work of people living all over the world. Click for more...newballsplease.html
Mirror (made in Bolivia, used in the UK). Undergraduate coursework (2009): student Lucinda Lawrence buys a mirror on a volunteering trip to Peru. Back at home in the UK, she checks herself in it many times a day. But what and who is providing her with this reflection? It’s tin, among other ingredients, and its miners, among other people. You’ll need a mirror to read what she writes. Click for more...mirror.html
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