Conversations in Conflict Studies: Couture Logistics - Alternative Supply Chains of Last Resort

Conversations in Conflict Studies Presents: Couture Logistics - Alternative Supply Chains of Last Resort with Maggie Jack and Robert Soden

This paper contrasts the consolidation of the American mega-logistics industry with micro, homegrown logistics operations based in neighborhoods of New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic. We offer three cases: a community of immigrant street vendors in Corona, Queens; a theater-turned-food-pantry in the Lower East Side of Manhattan; and the city-wide network of mutual aid organizations.

Maggie Jack is an industry assistant professor at NYU in the Department of Technology, Culture and Society. 

Robert Soden is an assistant professor in computer science and the School of the Environment at the University of Toronto.