Hans Rosling is a Swedish doctor and academic who "mobilizes" statistics! In other words, he makes meaning of statistics for broad audiences and helps data tell a story. More information on his software can be found at: http://www.gapminder.org/
Here is an amazing TED Talk he did that can
really help us understand some of the ways in which the global north and the global
south are changing in relationship to development. The talk also challenges how we conceive and categorize terms such as global south, global north, less developed, etc:
Click here to watch the TED Talk: Hans Rosling
After watching the TED Talk, do you think there are any
significant differences between the more developed north and the less developed
south? Do you think we need to abandon broad constructs such as "global south" and "global north"? Are there aspects of economic and social progress that Rosling does not
address?
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