Consumption StoryMap: Dealing Diamonds

Diamonds are a quintessential cultural item in much of the Western world; they are constantly linked to ideas of romance, love, and marriage. The US is the largest diamond seller in the world (“The US diamond sector,” 2006), but the majority of diamonds are originally mined in countries in Southern Africa (“The diamond industry fact sheet,” 2008). This StoryMap illuminates the processes and paths that diamonds take on their way to our ring fingers, using the geographic concept of mobility to analyze the movement of these gems that we consume so endlessly.

 

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The diamond industry fact sheet. (2008, March 10). World Diamond Council. Retrieved April 18, 2016, from https://www.worlddiamondcouncil.org/download/resources/documents/Fact%20Sheet%20(The%20Diamond%20Ind...

The US diamond sector. (2006, November). Global Witness. Retrieved April 18, 2016, from https://www.globalwitness.org/en/archive/us-diamond-sector/