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Uneven Geographies of Power and Participation in the Internet Era Mark Graham Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford web: www.geospace.co.uk email: [email protected] twitter: @geoplace
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Transcript of Mark Graham: E-society and E-citizens: From technology transfer to human empowerment and development
Uneven Geographies of Power and Participation in the Internet Era
Mark GrahamOxford Internet Institute
University of Oxford
web: www.geospace.co.ukemail: [email protected]
twitter: @geoplace
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geography.oii.ox.ac.uk
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“Once embedded in the published text the lines on the map acquire an authority that may be hard to dislodge. Maps are authoritarian images. Without our being aware of it maps can reinforce and legitimate the status quo.”
(Harley 1989, 14)
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http://www.fglorente.org/mapas/bajares/Pisana.gif
http://www.google.com/about/company/
“We’re trying to build a virtual mirror of the world at all times”
Marissa Mayer, Google’s Vice President of Location Services
LeWeb Conference, Paris 2010.
“…all the world’s citizens will have the potential to access unlimited knowledge, to express themselves freely, and to contribute to and enjoy the benefits of the knowledge society.”
Dr. Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union. November 2012
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manypossibilities.netwww.telegeography.com/telecom-resources/map-gallery/
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manypossibilities.net
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8256940.stm
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manypossibilities.net
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Map by Mark Graham, Monica Stephens, Matthew Zook
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16th century
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18th century
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“The sum of all human knowledge”
content | containers
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augmented realities
augmented realities
a right to the city?
“The right to the city is far more than the individual liberty to access urban resources: it is a right to change ourselves by changing the city.”
“The freedom to make and remake our cities and ourselves is, I want to argue, one of the most precious yet most neglected of our human rights.”
- Harvey 2008
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thank you
Mark GrahamOxford Internet InstituteUniversity of Oxford
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