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Digital Divide

Digital divide had a plethora of information that coincided with each other. There were no distractions throughout the article and each image showing data represented the text well as well as the directions to look at that particular image. The information did not come off as biased and it was laid out in an easy to read manner, sectioned off by titles that that contextual information. Out of the citations that I checked they each seemed to work in regards to sending me to the Wiki page associated with the citation. Each fact is represented in the reference section of the page and each of the references appear as though they are neutral sources. In the talk page there is talk about how to add information to the article as well as previous talk on information that has already been changed or viewed for change. It is a part of five WikiProjects and it is rated "Start- Class" with both Mid and High importance, as well as "C-Class" with both Mid and High importance. The set up of the article does not differ much from the training modules as well as the examples we have had within the last few weeks.

Camera Obscura

While the technical principles of the camera obscura have been known since antiquity, the broad use of the technical concept in producing images with a linear perspective in paintings, maps, theatre setups and architectural and later photographic images and movies started in the Western Renaissance and the scientific revolution. While e.g. Alhazen (Ibn al-Haytham) had already observed an optical effect and developed a state of the art theory of the refraction of light, he was less interested to produce images with it (compare Hans Belting 2005); the society he lived in was even hostile (compare Aniconism in Islam) towards personal images. Western artists and philosophers used the Arab findings in new frameworks of epistemic relevance. E.g. Leonardo da Vinci used the camera obscura as a model of the eye, René Descartes for eye and mind and John Locke started to use the camera obscura as a metaphor of human understanding per se. The modern use of the camera obscura as an epistemic machine had important side effects for science. While the use of the camera obscura has dwindled away, for those who are interested in making one it only requires a few items including: a box, tracing paper, tape, foil, a box cutter, a pencil and a blanket to keep out the light.

Morocco Group: Victoria's Sandbox

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Morocco Draft

Digital divide is the actual divide between people that have access to internet and those that are limited to digital resources. Digital divides not only affect different countries but can be broken down to a divide between genders within that country. As of 2016 the country of Morocco consists of 35.28 people and during a 2011 study based off of the usage of Twitter, Morocco was ranked number five with the demographic of users being in their 20s. However by 2014 the country was no longer on the charts in regards to Twitter's usage.