Manifest: Digital Humanities Platform for the Critical Study of Logistics

FAIN: HAA-290391-23

Fordham University (Bronx, NY 10458-9993)
Matthew Hockenberry (Project Director: June 2022 to present)
Colette Perold (Co Project Director: December 2022 to present)

Research and testing of the Manifest platform designed to support humanities research of supply chains and commodities. 

While of significant social and environmental importance, global supply chains are both complex and opaque. Understanding the impact of these networks is challenging. Manifest is a digital humanities project designed to allow researchers in the humanities to produce critical accounts of global logistical operation and to communicate the impact of supply chains on society. This proposal will form a research network around Manifest's open-source, web-based platform for the critical analysis of supply chains, production lines, and trade networks. Based on case studies implemented on the Manifest platform by members of the research network, the project will construct a comprehensive research guide and curriculum for the critical study of logistics in the humanities.

Associated Products

Manifest: Supply Chain Platform (Computer Program)
Title: Manifest: Supply Chain Platform
Author: Matthew Hockenberry
Abstract: Manifest, a web platform enabling researchers, journalists, students, and scholars to visualize, analyze, and document supply chains, production lines, and trade networks.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://manifest.supplystudies.com
Primary URL Description: Manifest web platform.
Secondary URL: https://github.com/hock/Manifest
Secondary URL Description: Manifest code repository
Access Model: Open Access
Programming Language/Platform: Web application, javascript, nodejs.
Source Available?: Yes

Manifest Wiki (Web Resource)
Title: Manifest Wiki
Author: Matthew Hockenberry
Abstract: The Manifest Wiki provides critical documentation for using Manifest, a guide to creating Manifest documents, illustrations and videos of Manifest features, technical capabilities, and data formats.
Year: 2024
Primary URL: https://github.com/hock/Manifest/wiki
Primary URL Description: The Manifest Wiki on Github.

Supply Studies Research Network (Web Resource)
Title: Supply Studies Research Network
Author: Matthew Hockenberry
Abstract: The Supply Studies Research Network is a group of researchers committed to the critical study of logistics and supply chains. The network is intended for anyone studying the global movement of goods, knowledge, or labor. This includes independent scholars, faculty, graduate students, journalists, NGO workers, activists, and practitioners (broadly understood). Their work might address the social and environmental impacts of supply chains, representations of the logistical imagination, or histories and futures of trade, supply, and assembly. It programs events, hosts a mailing list, provides a researcher directory, and maintains a collection of shared resources.
Year: 2023
Primary URL: https://supplystudies.com/research-network/
Primary URL Description: Information page for the research network.
Secondary URL: https://github.com/supplychainstudies/Research-Network-Resources/
Secondary URL Description: Github repository of network resources (tools, data, etc.).

Supply Studies Research Guide (Report)
Title: Supply Studies Research Guide
Author: Matthew Hockenberry
Author: Ingrid Burrington
Author: Colette Perold
Author: Karina Garcia
Abstract: The Supply Studies Research Guide is a comprehensive manual for critical investigations into supply chains, with an overview of research methods, data sources, techniques, examples of sample investigations, pedagogical materials, and references to additional readings.
Date: 3-27-25
Primary URL: https://supplystudies.com/research-guide/

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