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The Potential of the Internet for Development:Digital Divides and Uneven Geographies of Knowledge
A talk to DFIDMarch 29, 2012
Mark Graham, PhDOxford Internet Institute
University of Oxford
web: www.geospace.co.ukemail: [email protected]
twitter: @geoplace
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Map by Mark Graham, Monica Stephens, Matthew ZookMap by Mark Graham, Monica Stephens, Matthew Zook
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Spain: Spanish (Castilian) and Catalan
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Belgium: Flemish and French
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total number of Wikipedia articles in all languages
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15th century
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16th century
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17th century
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18th century
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19th century
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20th century
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“The sum of all human knowledge”
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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?
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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?
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Wikipedia research:
(3) are the contributions of local contributors undervalued?
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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.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feodor_Vassilyev
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Gado Cartoons, Nairobi Daily Nation
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thank you
Dr Mark GrahamOxford Internet Institute
w: geospace.co.ukw: zerogeography.nete: [email protected]: @geoplace