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Courtney Barrowman's curator insight,
March 22, 2017 10:36 AM
unit 1 ha ha ha!
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"Talk about creating a sense of place! This neighborhood in #Covington draws on German roots to create a restaurant/pub district. Even the non-German restaurants in the area evoke an old world cultural landscape aesthetic in a way that makes the neighborhood appealing to visitors and prospective residents. #culturallandscape #placemaking."
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This map points out the highly uneven spatial distribution of (geotagged) Wikipedia articles in 44 language versions of the encyclopaedia. Slightly more than half of the global total of 3,336,473 articles are about places, events and people inside the red circle on the map, occupying only about 2.5% of the world’s land area.
Luis Cesar Nunes's curator insight,
September 17, 2015 9:36 AM
The Geographically Uneven Coverage of Wikipedia
David lyon's curator insight,
September 23, 2015 5:00 PM
A reflection of language diversity in Europe or a Eurocentric Wikipedia?
Chris Costa's curator insight,
October 7, 2015 2:56 PM
Talk about Eurocentrism. I'm a huge fan of Wikipedia for its value as an informal source of information; if I need to learn about a topic I am not familiar with, Wikipedia is a great place to get a preliminary idea of what I am learning about. It's disappointing to see the distribution of information on the site is so skewed, considering that there are so many other regions of the world with long, rich histories, than just those encompassed within the circle shown in the map. I feel like that is symptomatic of a number of issues currently plaguing western academic circles- we tend to not view the rest of the world as being important, which is not only untrue, it's both insulting and ignorant. I hope this disparity is addressed and corrected over the course of the next couple of years.
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"Tourists and locals experience cities in strikingly different ways. To see just how different these two worlds are, have a look at the map of Washington D.C. above based on where people take photos. The red bits indicate photos taken by tourists, while the blue bits indicate photos taken by locals and the yellow bits might be either."
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Sameer Mohamed's curator insight,
May 27, 2015 8:49 AM
I think this is an interesting representation to show how the ability to have access to news and internet is the new most important thing to have to get word out. Now if you can speak English and have a computer with internet access you can. 
Shane C Cook's curator insight,
May 27, 2015 9:14 AM
This map allows people to understand the flow of news from around the world. We can use it to see where and what is happening and chart it to connect trends for example Syria and France are large because of the recent happenings with terrorists and terror attacks.
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magnus sandberg's curator insight,
November 24, 2014 9:07 AM
I would perhaps replace some of these four points with others. But that is not the most important, as any steps taken will raise awarness, and that is what we want. 
rodrick rajive lal's curator insight,
November 25, 2014 3:52 AM
Well, I guess we have come across incidents of Phishing and Spam e-mails? Most of these are scams that are set to draw out some money from you. Some might ask for your bank account details. |
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"One Day on Earth is a unique global movement, community media creation platform, and collaborative film production engine. We invite you to join our international community of thousands of filmmakers, hundreds of schools, and dozens of non-profits, and contribute to this unique global project (with a map of all participants). Many future filming events will be announced in the coming year. One Day on Earth is a community that not only watches, but participates."
Tags: video, mapping, social media, place, culture.
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Explore the popularity of some of the world’s favourite foods on Instagram. Discover Instagram’s capital of curry, which cities are big on burgers, and where pulled pork is most prolific. Via Michael Miller
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"The images here, taken from the Instagram account @the.jefferson.grid show just a few of the landscapes that can be squeezed into the one-mile squares. The idea behind this sprawling checkerboard emerged after the Revolutionary War. As the United States expanded westward, the country needed a systematic way to divide its newly acquired lands. The original colonies were surveyed using the British system of 'metes and bounds,' with parcels delineated using local geography.
That approach doesn’t scale very well, and Jefferson proposed to slice the young United States into gridded plots of land. Jefferson's idea became a reality in 1785 when it was enacted as the Public Land Survey System. Today his grid covers much of the country, and it is still used to survey federal lands — an idea that shaped the physical landscape of half a continent."
Tags: images, land use, landscape, social media, planning, spatial, scale, historical. Via Mike Busarello's Digital Storybooks
Dyna-e International's curator insight,
September 1, 2015 12:32 PM
No such thing as being off the grid really. ~ Ron Sandack
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"Many people posting it wrote that the photo was taken during the recent Nepal earthquakes, and that it depicts 'a brother protecting his sister.' Pretty heartwarming, right? It’s the exact sort of thing your aunt would share on Facebook. A perfectly clear, resonant message about survival and empathy and inequality, all that good stuff. There’s only one problem: That picture is fake."
Eden Eaves's curator insight,
May 27, 2015 1:05 PM
This picture supposedly taken in Nepal of a brother protecting his younger sister due to recent earthquakes is, in fact, false. These kinds of photos portraying helpless people in foreign countries are often created to increase Instagram likes and retweets on twitter. Some times are real photos of someone or something going through tragedy, but often they are not. 
Wendy Zaruba's curator insight,
June 2, 2015 9:21 AM
This is a GREAT Tip for checking out all those sad stories you see on Facebook and Twitter. Once again Thank You Google!!
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"Please join us in voting for DigitalGlobe’s fourth annual Top Image contest. From the trillions of pixels captured by our satellites this year, we need your help to decide which image showcases DigitalGlobe’s unique ability to solve important problems from space. Just follow these three easy steps:
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"As a Muslim woman who chooses to wear hijab,I'd like to apologize for this poster, to my non-hijab wearing cohorts. http://pic.twitter.com/IoLfDPEGx7”
Jared Medeiros's curator insight,
March 29, 2015 4:37 PM
Im sure this poster was highly offensive to many people in the middle east, both male and female. There is a lot of meaning in each picture, but the basic point seems to be that the image on the right is the way that a lady is supposed to dress, the way that is more appropriate. Conservative with the candy wrapped, it shows that a woman should dress and act a certain way, while the other image has a girl, who appears to be naked with her hair blowing around, who looks like she has no values, or respect for her religion. 
Kelsey McIntosh's curator insight,
March 31, 2018 4:39 PM
This particular photo is quite interesting. On the right side of the photo, a woman wearing a hijab isis painted in green, a color that symbolizes life and peace in the Middle Eastern region. Under the woman is a piece of uneaten, clean candy and she is surrounded by beautiful butterflies. On the left is a woman who chooses not to wear a hijab. The color red could symbolize something evil, while the candy bar under her is half eaten and crawling with pests. The use of colors and imagery suggest that a woman who does not dress modestly is vermin, rather than a clean, wholesome women. It also represents how women are expected to be in this society.
Matt Danielson's curator insight,
October 31, 2018 12:19 PM
Its crazy in this region of the world how restrictive they are on Women rights. Especially in places like Iran were for example wearing the hi jab is enforced by law. In other middle eastern regions like Afghanistan for example it may not be government law that enforces it but tribal , Sharia law. Penalty in these regions could be death. Inspiring to see the women who protest this by walking around without an hijab.
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