Open AccessDiesseits der Dematerialisierung
Author(s) -
Merle Groneweg,
Hannah Pilgrim,
Michael Reckordt
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
prokla
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2700-0311
pISSN - 0342-8176
DOI - 10.32387/prokla.v47i189.60
Subject(s) - dematerialization (economics) , resource (disambiguation) , raw material , resource efficiency , business , production (economics) , politics , natural resource economics , environmental economics , emerging technologies , industrial organization , engineering , commerce , political science , computer science , economics , ecology , computer network , macroeconomics , law , biology , microeconomics , artificial intelligence
Resource demands of Industry 4.0. In contrast to promises of dematerialization and resource efficiency, digitalized production – also known as Industry 4.0 – and the technologies required for this digitalization will create specific raw material demands. The article introduces the dominant discourses of Industry 4.0 and points out the interlinkages between new technologies, increasing raw materials demands and the social and ecological consequences of mining, particularly in the Gloal South. Furthermore, it demands a democratic and globally just resource politics.