[School-of-data] Mapping the Garment

Mon May 20 13:29:51 UTC 2013

Anders

This is a very timely and significant area to explore. Sadly I'm not around to take part but will surely follow up to see what was discovered and how.

best regards

Gareth 
gareth at claverdale.org.uk
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07989 443497

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>   1. Online Data Expedition: Mapping the Garment	Factories on
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> Hi all,
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> The horrific factory collapse in Dhaka last month has brought the business
> practices of global garment brands, as well their thousands of their
> suppliers, into the spotlight. As garment factory supplier lists across
> global brands are increasingly becoming available, we wanted to take a
> closer look at these in our upcoming:
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> *Data Expedition: Mapping the garment factories*
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> When: Saturday May 25 ? 12:00 BST to May 26 18:00 BST - link to your
> timezone<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Data+Expedition+from+School+of+Data%3A+Mapping+the+Garment+Factories&iso=20130525T12&p1=136>
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> We?ll be looking for projects such as:
> - Mapping garment factories locally and globally
> - Exploring the global supply chain of garment export and imports
> - Mapping the ownership of local factories and global brands with open
> company data
> - Finding stories and patterns in the connections between global brands and
> local garment factories
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> Registration is now
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> More information about the Data Expedition:
> http://schoolofdata.org/2013/05/18/data-expedition-mapping-the-garment-factories/
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> Anders
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