1 Jeff Mantz 2009-07-09T15:11:00Z 30 false false false true false true <p><a href="http://www.globality-gmu.net/archives/322" target="_blank">Blood Diamonds of the Digital Age: Coltan and the Eastern Congo</a></p> false false false 531 Jeff Mantz in the Eastern Congo image/jpeg Mantz2.jpg 4525550 2009-07-09T15:11:00Z It is not surprising then that nearly a decade after a few daring investigative reports first emerged divulging how war in the eastern Congo was being fueled by the global trade in coltan—a dense silicate necessary for most of the electronic products we have today—both the ore itself and the story it told about the digital age linger in relative obscurity. Jeff Mantz, Department of Sociology and Anthropology false true false true 1 Published Blood Diamonds of the Digital Age: Coltan and the Eastern Congo Jeff Mantz from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology is back in the Congo, where he is pursuing field studies about coltan. He recently wrote "Blood Diamonds of the Digital Age: Coltan and the Eastern Congo." Mantz Pursuing Field Studies in Congo image/jpeg Mantz1.jpg 4620 2009-11-05T14:35:06Z http://www.globality-gmu.net/archives/322