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SUMMARY:“Militarized Circuits: Expat Engineers, Rural Women Factory Workers, an
d Global High Tech”
DESCRIPTION:\nPowering the electronic devices that make everyday life po
ssible\, semiconductors have become a central factor in global politics\
, security\, and trade. Focusing on South Korea\, this talk traces the r
ise of modern semiconductor supply chains back to the U.S. military's oc
cupation and continued presence in the Cold War Pacific. It shows how th
e U.S. military's unequal investment in education and management of labo
r created two distinct pools of labor that fueled the rise of South Kore
a's semiconductor industry. On one hand\, U.S. military investment in ba
sic science engineering education in South Korea and overseas graduate e
ducation created a pool of highly educated\, elite male researchers. On
the other hand\, the U.S. military's input into South Korean labor laws
and oversight of labor unions and contractors contributed to the influx
of young women from rural South Korea into the factories in industrial c
enters. By telling these twin histories\, this talk highlights the multi
faceted ways that the South Korean semiconductor industry\, and the glob
al high technology industry more broadly\, were tied to the formation of
a global U.S. military empire during the Cold War.\n\nFor more details:
https://events.la.psu.edu/event/militarized-circuits/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Powering the el
ectronic devices that make everyday life possible, semiconductors have b
ecome a central factor in global politics, security, and trade. Focusing
on South Korea, this talk traces the rise of modern semiconductor suppl
y chains back to the U.S. military's occupation and continued presence i
n the Cold War Pacific. It shows how the U.S. military's unequal investm
ent in education and management of labor created two distinct pools of l
abor that fueled the rise of South Korea's semiconductor industry. On on
e hand, U.S. military investment in basic science engineering education
in South Korea and overseas graduate education created a pool of highly
educated, elite male researchers. On the other hand, the U.S. military's
input into South Korean labor laws and oversight of labor unions and co
ntractors contributed to the influx of young women from rural South Kore
a into the factories in industrial centers. By telling these twin histor
ies, this talk highlights the multifaceted ways that the South Korean se
miconductor industry, and the global high technology industry more broad
ly, were tied to the formation of a global U.S. military empire during t
he Cold War.
For more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/militarized
-circuits/
LOCATION:Grucci Room, 102 Burrowes Building
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