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An increasing amount of indigenous communities and organizations are adopting information technology tools to organize and store their knowledge. The term Indigenous Knowledge Management is used to describe the tools developed at the Distributed Systems Technology Centre (DSTC) in Australia. According to Jane Hunter (2005), the goal of these Indigenous Management tools is to “enable Indigenous communities to capture, control, and share their knowledge within local knowledge bases according to…

As there are many impressive and impactful poets out there, Emily Dickinson is to be known as the most awe-inspiring and unique poets of all time. She was known for her actions of opposing the rules of poetry and made poetry into her own style. Even though her life was not full of excitement and pleasure, she organized her poems in a radical and far-reaching manner. Generally now, she is recognized for her death-related poetry; although, she also surrounded her poems with the spiritual mind,…

When I first entered this class, I was hopeful and excited. I was doing my senior thesis at the same time which was a documentary so I thought contemporary media would be even better and help be refine my editing and filming techniques. The first few weeks of class we discussed making our own websites to use to network ourselves, which the idea seemed extremely practical, and I wanted to go into college ready with a network pitch. This class seemed like a…

photo. Also, there are many artistic tools that can be used on images such as Photoshop. Opponents of digital photography being considered as art claim that digital photography is not art. They point out that digital photography is about copying and editing someone’s idea to be claim ownership own work. Also, the opponents argue that film photographers have inspiration and they put a lot of effort into one shot. On the other hand, digital photographers have no inspiration and they do not put in…

Microsoft SharePoint 2007. Copywriting and collateral production At Swanswell, I had the opportunity to write and create a number of collateral pieces including, newsletters (print and email), website text and images (sourcing, editing or creating from scratch), blog copy, reports, brochures, leaflets, posters, landing pages, promotional emails and merchandise. Most of the time this involved planning the collateral’s production to the agreed deadlines, liaising with others who were…

Archetype Publications/IAP (International Academic Projects) Brief outline of your main responsibilities (Max 250 words) Main responsibilities at Archetype & IAP were assisting with the editing and translation of art conservation books which were being translated into Portuguese and Spanish; assisting with the organizing and running of courses in England and South America; receiving book orders and helping packing up books; working at conferences where Archetype had a book stand, and assisting…

written, oral, aural, and visual venues by means of individual and team projects.” Throughout this course my classmates and I reviewed principles of the writing process, including: planning, logical organizational, development strategies, revision, and editing, we were also introduced to rhetorical techniques and vigorous library research. With those techniques, this course has helped my classmates and I develop critical thinking skills like: summary, paraphrase, analysis, evaluation, and…

As of 2015 studies show that worldwide women are paid less than men, in most countries earning on average 60 - 75% of men’s wages - World Bank Gender Data Portal. There have always been women's rights issues but the movement did not start until 1848 when the declaration of sentiments was signed. Many conventions were held for woman's rights activists and supports to discuss the problems and develop effective solutions. The first state in the entire united states to allow women to vote was…

Introduction We now possess the technology to utilise genetic engineering to eradicate humanity’s deadliest predator. Malaria was responsible for infecting over 200 million people, whilst causing 438 000 deaths in 2015 alone, (World Health Organisation 2016) and is responsible for over a thousand deaths every day, being possibly the single biggest killer of humans in history. Malaria Malaria is transmitted by the female Anopheles mosquito infected with Plasmodium Parasites. There are many…

Lightning Thief, it quickly became a New York Times Bestseller, was named a Best Book of 2005 by School Library Journal, and the YASLA Best Book for Young Adults for 2005, to name just a few of its numerous awards and recognitions. Over 1.2 million copies are known to have been sold thus far in the United States, and the book has been met with overwhelmingly positive reviews (Shmoop Editorial Team). Riordan continued writing, publishing four additional books in the Percy Jackson and the…