Big Data Digital Humanitarianism Lightning Talk
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Big Data and Digital Humanitarianism are becoming intertwined in ways that *necessitate* we as geographers ask new questions. This is a 5-minute lightning talk I gave at the 2014 AAG, as part of the series of Big Data lightning talks organized by Andy Shears, Joe Eckert, and Jim Thatcher.
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