‘Blood in the Mobile’ Documentary Screening and Discussion
    
The mobile phone we have come to depend upon is the most swiftly-diffusing media technology in human history. Its production, however, depends on some of the most exploitative and brutal labour conditions on the planet. This event will feature a screening of Blood in the Mobile, a 2010 documentary directed by the Danish director Frank Piasecki Poulsen, and will feature special talk from an expert on international human rights and corporate responsibility, Professor James Stewart (UBC Law).

Organized as a part of the CounterCulture Speaker Series run by the Media Democracy Project, School of Communication and the SFU Institute for the Humanities.

 

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/// Programme ///
(1) Documentary Screening: Blood in the Mobile
Blood in the Mobile is a 2010 documentary directed by the Danish director Frank Piasecki Poulsen. This 82-minute documentary explores the labour conditions that lie behind the communication technology we increasingly take for granted in the Global North. Among these is the mining of coltan, an essential component of digital communication devices ranging from cell phones to game consoles. The film contrasts the wall of corporate public relations the director, Frank Piasecki Poulsen, encounters at the Finnish electronics manufacturer Nokia with the inhuman labour conditions endured by the extremely young miners working for militias in the DRC. Film website here.

(2) Guest Talk by Professor James Stewart 
James Stewart is an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Law. Professor Stewart is an expert in international criminal law, the laws of war, and human rights, especially as they apply to corporations. Previously, he has worked as a Prosecutor or the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former-Yugoslavia. His research on the liability of corporate actors for international crimes has received numerous awards. Full bio here.

 

(3) Moderated by Professor Enda Brophy
Dr. Enda Brophy is an Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University in the School of Communication. Professor Brophy’s areas of research interest are the political economy of communication industries, and communication and social change. Full bio here.