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This blogpost answers the (often unasked) question: What would the world be like if the land masses were spread out the same way as now - only rotated by an angle of 90 degrees? While purely hypothetical, this is an exercise in applying real geographic thinking to different situations. Anything that you would correct?
Tags: weather climate, geography, GeographyEducation, unit 1 GeoPrinciples, physical.
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We tend to look at Afghanistan through the lens of conflict, with good reason. Deaths of American forces recently reached 2000 in the 11 years since US involvement in the country began.
Yes, Afghanistan is a war-ravaged country; but it is also a place that families call home and where children play. This photo essay is a nice glimpse into ordinary lives in Central Asia.
Tags: Afghanistan, images, culture, Central Asia. Via Seth Dixon 
Emma Lafleur's curator insight,
March 28, 2:38 PM
Whenever we get a glimpse of Afghanistan in the news or in a movie, all we see are pictures of war. These photos show a different side of Afghanistan, a more real Afghanistan. Many people live in Afghanistan and many children call it home. Not everyone in the country are fighting in wars, some are just trying to live a peaceful life. It is good to see ordinary life of an ordinary person from a country like this, because we so often know nothing of it, and assume that all people in a war-ravaged country are constantly fighting and running. Assumptions like this make it hard to have good relations with other countries, because if we assume the worst, we can never learn and understand the people of another country. These pictures are a good way to get a small glimpse of what life is like in Afghanistan. Delete the scoop?
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"Afghan youth have very limited options for sports and recreation. An Australian man is trying to change that." This video really resonates with my students. Issues of ethnicity, class and gender are right on the surface. Globalization, cultural values and shifting norms make this a good discussion piece. Via Seth Dixon 
Lisa Fonseca's comment,
November 3, 2011 8:26 PM
I think all genders should be given the opportunity to experience and interact within any type of sport. All genders should be given the right to be healthy, get courage, and avoid fear. Watching the two sisters skateboarding is a positive role because those two girls can set the stage for many other females to also try to skateboard, and if a variety of girls begin to do it then it could become a norm rather than this dangerous sport that girls can be apart of. It is upsetting that at the ages nine and ten these girls are enjoying their last years of freedom because once they hit puberty they will be secluded from boys. It was a good idea for the instructor to then create separate skateboarding groups so the females could still be apart of it. Now on the down side I was possibly thinking this project maybe wasn't such a good idea because it led to issues like the brother beating his sister until she had blood running down her leg because she couldn't be around the boys. I know from my perspective I see that as inappropriate behavior but, in Afghan is that a common concern? This project has its pro and cons but overall I think my pros out run the cons. I think all children should be given opportunities no matter gender, culture, or class because if every child is given the opportunity then can become someone and succeed in life.
Derek Ethier's comment,
October 18, 2012 1:09 AM
It is important for children to be exposed to recreational activities where they can interact and have fun with their peers. Since Afghani girls have only a short amount of time to do this, it is important that they do while they can. However, this "Skateistan" may have widespread and unintended consequences. Maybe it will take one generation, or maybe it will take twenty, but eventually these traditional gender norms and social roles will begin to disappear. In it's place will likely be one more commonly recognizable to us in the United States.
Matt Mallinson's comment,
October 22, 2012 12:02 PM
This is such a great thing for the children of this country. The Australian man who started all of this is brave in my mind for introducing skateboarding to a country that would probably never have tried it, especially with older natives not liking the idea.
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In the dusty triangle where Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan meet, there is more than one war going on.
Geopolitically, there is a fascinating confluence of competing interests at this border. This is "the scariest little corner of the world." It's a dangerous place that is often beyond the authority of any of state. It also represents (depending on how you divide the world up) at the intersection of the three major regions in the area: Central Asia, the Middle East and South Asia.
Tags: Afghanistan, political, borders, MiddleEast, SouthAsia, Central Asia, unit 4 political. Via Seth Dixon Delete the scoop?
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I'll tell you that it's why God created Mother Nature. maybe what we think is bad now in nature can be worse for the the Earth and human being... I think if the ground is moved 90 degree, many natural phenomena would happened in many regions of the Earth which would be harm to people, plants and animals that live in those regions. Plus, the population of poor nation would not be prepared for those climate changes.... many people would die or they have to move from those regions.
Anyways, I think the most densely populated areas would be around the central ocean with New York and London being primate cities of their respected hemispheres.
Given that that the central ocean area is in an equatorial region, agriculture would likely not be very prosperous in these regions. Instead, I imagine New York becoming the center of an imperial superpower. Seeing as the most fertile regions of both South and North America are in temperate areas, agriculture would be a dominating industry.
The northern hemisphere on the other I hand I imagine would be largely undeveloped and rural. The "breadbaskets" of this hemispher are located much further inland from the central ocean.