{"id":6293,"date":"2022-04-10T10:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-10T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/?p=6293"},"modified":"2023-07-20T12:53:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T12:53:12","slug":"book-launch-conflict-minerals-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/book-launch-conflict-minerals-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Launch: Conflict Minerals INC."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/files\/2022\/05\/Conflict_Minerals-1536x864.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/files\/2022\/05\/Conflict_Minerals-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/files\/2022\/05\/Conflict_Minerals-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/files\/2022\/05\/Conflict_Minerals-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/files\/2022\/05\/Conflict_Minerals-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/files\/2022\/05\/Conflict_Minerals-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/files\/2022\/05\/Conflict_Minerals.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thursday, June 30th, 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term \u201cconflict minerals\u201d regroups artisanal tin, tantalum (coltan), tungsten and gold originating from war zones in Central Africa. In his book, Christoph N. Vogel tells the story of how well-intended efforts to solve a global problem have led to white-washing and abetting the continued exploitation of Congo\u2019s resource wealth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conflict Minerals INC focuses on a topic that is also addressed by a a joint production of the Immersive Arts Space and the Department of Geography of the University of Zurich. The exhibition Kamituga | Digital Gold allows insights behind the shiny surface of the mobile tech industry and invites the visitors to engage with the concrete challenges and living conditions of artisanal gold miners in the region of Kamituga (Democratic Republic of Congo).   [<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/exhibition-planet-digital%ef%bf%bc\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5873\">more<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, June 30th, 2022 The term \u201cconflict minerals\u201d regroups artisanal tin, tantalum (coltan), tungsten and gold originating from war zones in Central Africa. In his book, Christoph N. Vogel tells the story of how well-intended efforts to solve a global problem have led to white-washing and abetting the continued exploitation of Congo\u2019s resource wealth. Conflict &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/book-launch-conflict-minerals-inc\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Book Launch: Conflict Minerals INC.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3673,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[576171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3673"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6293"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7213,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6293\/revisions\/7213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}