Digital Divides - The Potential of the Internet for Development
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The document summarizes a talk given by Dr. Mark Graham on the potential of the internet for development and issues of digital divides. It discusses uneven geographies of knowledge on Wikipedia with some regions having many more articles than others. It also notes that local authors in the Middle East, North Africa and East Africa comprise a disproportionately small number of contributors to articles about those regions. The talk explores these topics through several research questions and examples.
Digital Divides - The Potential of the Internet for Development
- 1. The Potential of the Internet for Development: Digital Divides and Uneven Geographies of Knowledge A talk to DFID March 29, 2012 Mark Graham, PhD Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford web: www.geospace.co.uk email: mark.graham@oii.ox.ac.uk twitter: @geoplace
- 2. Image: Copyright Roger Bamber
- 20. Image: Copyright Roger Bamber
- 25. 2009 www.telegeography.com/telecom-resources/map-gallery/ manypossibilities.net
- 26. 2009
- 27. 2012
- 30. Map by Mark Graham, Monica Stephens, Matthew Zook
- 33. Spain: Spanish (Castilian) and Catalan
- 34. Belgium: Flemish and French
- 37. total number of Wikipedia articles in all languages www.oii.ox.ac.uk/vis
- 43. 15th century 43
- 44. 16th century 44
- 45. 17th century 45
- 46. 18th century 46
- 47. 19th century 47
- 48. 20th century 48
- 49. “The sum of all human knowledge” 49
- 50. Wikipedia research: (1a) what is the geography of articles in MENA compared to the rest of the world? (1b) what is the geography of articles in East Africa compared to the rest of the world?
- 51. Wikipedia research: (2) do local authors in the Middle East/North Africa/East Africa comprise disproportionately fewer of the contributors to articles about that region?
- 52. Wikipedia research: (3) are the contributions of local contributors undervalued?
- 61. More info about this story in Ford, H. (2011). The Missing Wikipedians. In Lovink, G., and Tkacz, N. Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader.
- 64. Gado Cartoons, Nairobi Daily Nation
- 65. Image: Copyright Roger Bamber
- 66. thank you Dr Mark Graham Oxford Internet Institute w: geospace.co.uk w: zerogeography.net e: mark@geospace.co.uk t: @geoplace
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- #4: http://www.ihub.co.ke/blog/
- #22: http://www.thekilgorisproject.com/?p=189
- #26: http://www.telegeography.com/assets/website/images/maps/submarine-cable-map-2007/submarine-cable-map-2007-x.jpg http://www.telegeography.com/telecom-resources/map-gallery/
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- #65: http://earshot.tvi.gg/category/mobile/ http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2010/03/15/is-kenya-beating-nigeria-in-internet-business-opportunities/http://www.davidajao.com/blog/2010/03/15/is-kenya-beating-nigeria-in-internet-business-opportunities/