Matthew Hockenberry

  • Account Name

    hock

  • Display name

    Matthew Hockenberry

  • Website

    http://www.supplychainstudies.org

  • Description

    Matthew is a technologist and scholar studying material communication. He is the co-creator of Sourcemap, a platform for sharing where things come from.


The North American Ivory Trade 2008-2009

August 25, 2011

This is a partial map, showing suspected post-1989 imports. Drawn from "Ivory Markets in the USA" and "Elephants, Ivory, and Trade."

Telephone (1927) Draft

March 20, 2012

This is a reconstruction of the supply chain for the Western Electric produced "candlestick" style telephones of the late 1920s. Information is largely drawn from archival Western Electric/AT&T materials, as well as those of supplier companies. Some imagery is currently included for cotton and copper sources. This is a rough draft - many details are missing or incomplete.

Apple Suppliers

February 17, 2013

Map of Apple Suppliers, data drawn from Apple's supplier list (http://www.apple.com/supplierresponsibility/reports.html). Inspired to put this on Sourcemap by the "Who Supplies Apple (It’s Not Just China)" Interactive Map put together by by Tea Leaf Nation and ChinaFile.com (http://www.tealeafnation.com/2013/02/who-supplies-apple-its-not-just-china-an-interactive-map/)

Cartographic Narratives

June 12, 2012

Geographic identity.

Center for Future Civic Media Research

August 20, 2011

Created on February 24, 2010 by hock on Sourcemap.org.

EAA Spring 2011

August 20, 2011

Created on February 9, 2011 by hock on Sourcemap.org: Environmental Art Activism

China Trip (2011)

September 16, 2011

Fact finding trip to china in 2011.