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How can engineering address human rights issues?

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This required data about social factors in each district, such as the population age structure, level of employment and literacy rate. While Peruvian cities have been rapidly growing and developing since the 1990s, rural communities commonly remain isolated, underdeveloped and lacking the infrastructure found in cities.

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The power of geographic information systems: bringing data to life with maps

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I went to university to study geography, then started a master’s in meteorology. I was also taking classes in remote sensing and GIS which I found very exciting, so I transitioned back to geography and focused on climatology for my master’s thesis. There are always things in your community that can be assets.

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The secret life of fonts

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Whether it is a traffic sign, clothing brand or TikTok, somebody somewhere has made a decision about which font to use to communicate a message. Humans have been communicating with symbols and pictures for over 5,000 years. He is exploring the role fonts play in society and how they are used to influence the way we communicate.

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Can music be a tool for social transformation?

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“It may not change people’s social circumstances immediately,” he says, “but it can change the way they see themselves, which can bring increased well-being and potentially lead to positive changes.”. FIELD OF RESEARCH: Arts and Social Science. This makes for unpredictable project spaces where things rarely go as expected.