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China wages a quiet war of maps with its neighbors - The Washington Post - 1 views
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This article relates to our "cartographic aggression" discussion. China is redrawing maps to include disputed territories within its boundaries.
Stone Age Stew? Soup Making May Be Older Than We'd Thought : The Salt : NPR - 0 views
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Interesting news story that presents evidence for the advent of soup prior to the Neolithic Revolution (10,000 y.a.). This artifact seems to suggest that humans had developed means of cooking much earlier than previously thought.
The World is Flat 3.0 | MIT Video - 0 views
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In this lecture at MIT, Thomas Friedman, author of "The World is Flat," describes the forces that have brought about our globalized society.
Watch The Full Program | Digital Nation | FRONTLINE | PBS - 0 views
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Frontline episode examining the impact of digital technology on our lives.
North Korea 'dream' video shows U.S. city under missile attack | The Lookout - Yahoo! News - 0 views
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Bizzarre (& scary "commercial) from North Korea implying that a major US city will be victimized by a rocket attack.
A Conversation With the Man Who Tweets Revolutions - On The Media - 0 views
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A very interesting interview with Andy Carvin, the NPR strategist who tweeted and re-tweeted stories about the Arab Spring. He discusses issues of journalistic integrity, news in the age of social media, and shares a powerful story of an individual who used social media to create manuals for use by rebels in Libya.
Ayiti: The Cost of Life - 0 views
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Will you survive? Play this game to see if you could survive in a developing country. This game is station #2 of the globalization & development activity.
Parag Khanna maps the future of countries | Video on TED.com - 1 views
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Khanna uses maps to show how the roots of border conflicts and proposes "simple" solutions. An option for station 4 of the globalization & development activity.
Paddy Ashdown: The global power shift | Video on TED.com - 0 views
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"Ashdown claims that we are living in a moment in history where power is changing as it never has before." An option on station 4 of the globalization & development packet.
How Google Is Putting Mass Torture On The Map - 0 views
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Google posts suspected North Korean concentration camps on GoogleMaps. Is this a new form of activism?
Gall--Peters Projection - YouTube - 0 views
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Clip from the West Wing in which "Cartographers for Social Equality" explain the inherent biases of the Mercator projection
Ending Poverty - YouTube - 1 views
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Dr. Thomas Pogge, Director of the Global Justice Program and Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University, presents a lecture that uses statistics to illustrate global poverty and argues that this systematic poverty is a violation of human rights. (November 2012)
Visualising China: explore historical photos of China - 0 views
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An interactive website that includes photographs of China (1850-1959)
Mankind: World Heritage Destinations - 0 views
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A fun game to review your map and investigate World Heritage Sites.
Lisa Kristine: Photos that bear witness to modern slavery | Video on TED.com - 0 views
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Photographer Lisa Kristine documents the plight of slaves in contemporary Nepal and Congo.
Kevin Bales: How to combat modern slavery | Video on TED.com - 0 views
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The speaker addresses the issue of slavery in the contemporary world by presenting ideas on how to fight this despicable phenomena.
Despite Censorship, Mali's Musicians Play On : NPR - 0 views
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Although Mali's Islamist rulers have outlawed music, some musicians risk their lives to share their message.
Emel Mathlouthi: Voice Of The Tunisian Revolution : NPR - 0 views
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An interesting story about a Tunisian singer and songwriter who is described as the "voice of the Tunisian Revolution"
Israel and Iran: A love story? | Video on TED.com - 0 views
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TedTalk about ordinary people in Israel & Iran using social networking to counter government blustering on war.