Multicultural Initiatives: Maps from Around the World

What's this blog about?

I teach several courses under the broad topic of "Multicultural Education," prioritizing social justice issues of access, power/privilege, & narrowing the academic achievement gap. I am a person of color and I almost always have a white co-teacher. We include topics, such as: racism, sexism, heterosexism, ableism, ethnocentrism, deculturalization, transforming curriculum, etc. This is a place where I post information that we teach; lesson plans for activities; and resources we use and/or which are shared with me by my adult students.

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Maps from Around the World

On any given day, could you say where the most photographs where being snapped around the world?
http://www.visualnews.com/2012/01/04/a-flashy-year-of-snapshots-around-the-world/?utm_source=VisualNews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=12e8d5d713-RSS_EMAIL

It would be hard to say, except with this new visualization. Using data from around the web, including a healthy dose of imagery from flickr, Triposo has put together a world map that literally flickers with photographic activity. Different countries light up according to their most significant holidays, events and seasons.