Transboundary E-wasteMain MenuIntroduction: a map of the map.An introductory page for users after the landing page.Defining a starting point for the controversy map.A description of how we obtained a floating statement for the controversy map.Mapping the controversy on the web.A path containing the movements through the web corpus.Mapping the controversy on the scholarly web.A path leading users through the controversy as it can be traced in the scholalrly literature.Key findings.A short summary of key findings with links to appropriate parts of the map.Procedures for mapping the wild web.A path through the procedures we used to map the wild web.Procedures for mapping the scholarly web.A path through the procedures used to map the scholarly web.References, further reading, and tools.A page offering a list of suggested further reading and descriptions of main tools used in this controversy map.Josh Lepawsky31444794f29f45991a28c6c997946216e765688eJohn-Michael Davisf787e14b50e5a81b5a0cddeca64901018c933909Donny Persaud113ae967bd2d3037d2982353d771c6ad48515166Grace Akesebb4c76b563d1dcb8fc6851361486b801fce50755Liwen Chen0afa93a5fb126f8db135c704ec2d04b9f33ea134
Papers per Year.
12017-02-09T06:52:39-08:00Josh Lepawsky31444794f29f45991a28c6c997946216e765688e68261ScienceScape visualization of number of papers published per year.plain2017-02-09T06:52:40-08:00Josh Lepawsky31444794f29f45991a28c6c997946216e765688e
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12016-12-09T05:21:44-08:00Mapping the controversy on the scholarly web.23A path leading users through the controversy as it can be traced in the scholalrly literature.image_header3770622017-12-06T04:50:13-08:00The number of scholarly papers published on e-waste has grown dramatically over time. A recent search using the Scopus database identified over 3,000 references with the words "electronic waste" or "e-waste" in their title, abstract, or keywords.
To develop a corpus of scholarly documents for this controversy map we accessed the Scopus database and created title, abstract, and keyword search queries for the following combinations of terms that matched those we used to build the corpus of URLs in our search of the web:
("e-waste OR "electronic waste") AND export
("e-waste OR "electronic waste") AND (labor OR labour)
("e-waste OR "electronic waste") AND ("labor cost" OR "labour cost")
("e-waste OR "electronic waste") AND regulatory
("e-waste OR "electronic waste") AND regulation
("e-waste OR "electronic waste") AND overseas
("e-waste OR "electronic waste") AND manufacturing
("e-waste OR "electronic waste") AND jobs
("e-waste OR "electronic waste") AND "manufacturing jobs"
These search queries resulted in a corpus comprise of 456 distinct references comprised of titles, abstracts, and keywords. The number of publications per year matching these searches mirror the overall growth of the e-waste literature (see figure below).
The corpus 456 distinct references in this controversy map comprises over 159,000 words. This path traces a synopsis through these references.