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Syria (Connor's country of focus) |
Saudi Arabia (Mina's country of focus) |
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| What form of technology was used in case study and how wide-spread was the usage and access to this particular form of technology? |
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Hi guys, Mina here, just though it might be helpful for the stage 3 if we had an organized chart that clearly states the case study we each focused on, making them ideal for easy comparison and contrast. Ideally this chart would be a summary of the stage 2.
Hope this helps! if you guys have any questions or if anything seems a bit unclear to you, you may contact me via email: mina_waziri@hotmail.ca. We should have this done by November 9th and then have the rest of the week (the extension as posted by Leslie) to just polish things up.
By the way just to let you guys know, I am still polishing up my stage two (that is because I did some addistional reasearch, from the date it was due) so I will edit my case study report first and then update the summary onto the chart above...all by Thursday. By Friday, I am thinking we should start to assemble the stage 3, using the conclusions we drew from the comparison chart above. (we can discuss the similarities and differences via messenger..if you guys still use it (I know I haven't for a while, but I find the interface better than facebook, unless we create a facebook page specifically so we can discuss this project..but I find facebook has too many distractions..notifications and all >.<) so I have given you guys my email above. hopefully we can all agree to use this as a forum to discuss our findings and what we thought of similarities and differences among cases...as we really dont have much time.
Let me know what you guys think!!
**Update** November 7: Anannya is no longer in our group so its just us two (from what is posted on the group sign-up page)
Comments (24)
Connor McCauley said
at 2:52 pm on Oct 12, 2012
Hey guys! Just looking to get this chat fired up a bit. Has anyone done any research on possible case studies or have any thoughts about it? Personally I have found it a little difficult finding things.
Danielle Phan said
at 3:00 pm on Oct 12, 2012
You're not the only one :) But get on to this: http://globalvoicesonline.org/ . As Prof suggested to find case studies
Mina Waziri said
at 1:05 pm on Oct 14, 2012
Thanks Danielle!
Anannya Dey said
at 9:29 pm on Oct 14, 2012
Hi guys, Do you think we can set up a meeting sometime and talk about the project?
Connor McCauley said
at 3:54 pm on Oct 16, 2012
ya we should most definitely set up a meeting time. I have fridays completely open if that works for anyone.
Anannya Dey said
at 8:03 pm on Oct 16, 2012
yup Fridays work for me! how about around 4:00 PM this Friday?
Connor McCauley said
at 8:37 pm on Oct 16, 2012
The earlier the better for me this Friday. Where is everyone located?
Anannya Dey said
at 7:34 pm on Oct 17, 2012
lets meet at UTSC? If everyone can make it?
Connor McCauley said
at 10:37 pm on Oct 19, 2012
so since it was just anannya and i on that last effort to meet we need a few more bodies to merit an actual group get together. is everyone in? if so list your next possible availability. mine would be wednesday around 5pm. if a physical meeting cannot be organized though i suggest we do an online meeting. perhaps via facebook. if we are all online at the same time a group message would work as a mini chat room i think.
Mina Waziri said
at 4:59 pm on Oct 21, 2012
Hi Connor and Anannya,
So sorry for replying late!
This coming Wednesday around 5pm sounds great for a physical meeting at UTSC, since I finish class @4. If that doesn't work we can always do facebook... the project is due Ocotober 26th. Yikes lol
Connor McCauley said
at 1:03 pm on Oct 21, 2012
ps anyone settled on a case study yet?
Mina Waziri said
at 7:13 pm on Oct 21, 2012
I am thinking of focusing either on Saudi Arabia (women's rights) or Palestinian Intifada I haven't quite made up my mind yet. How about you guys?
Connor McCauley said
at 2:13 pm on Oct 26, 2012
What did everyone choose to do so that I know we are not overlapping?
Connor McCauley said
at 2:20 pm on Oct 26, 2012
I am doing Syria
Becky Hillyer said
at 8:26 am on Oct 27, 2012
Hey guys, what is going on with this group? How come no one has posted their case studies so far? They were due at midnight last night!
Connor McCauley said
at 2:22 pm on Oct 27, 2012
I am unsure as to how I can put a link to my workspace on this page?
Connor McCauley said
at 4:25 pm on Nov 2, 2012
hello all! So lets start by having everyone post which country they have done as their case study. And perhaps a little bit about it.
I am doing Syria
Mina Waziri said
at 10:36 pm on Nov 5, 2012
I am doing Saudi Arabia -> specifically focusing on women's rights (right to drive)
Saman Goudarzi said
at 12:25 am on Nov 10, 2012
Hey guys. Was wondering if we're all on board for the group merger.
Leslie Chan said
at 9:38 am on Nov 10, 2012
Just in case you haven't noticed my message on the non-Arab workspace, Aftab has decided to drop the course so the three of you should go ahead with the three cases. Thanks.
Becky Hillyer said
at 10:57 am on Nov 10, 2012
Hey guys, since this group is now merging, I am going to adjust the "non-Arab states" page, so that everyone will have permission to edit. At this point, I think the group will just consist of Saman, Mina and Connor. Does that sound okay with all of you?
Connor McCauley said
at 4:31 pm on Nov 13, 2012
Okay sounds good to me.
Connor McCauley said
at 4:32 pm on Nov 13, 2012
So are we working on this workspace or the non- arab workspace. I posted a lot on the non-arab space but cannot see it anymore.
Connor McCauley said
at 4:48 pm on Nov 13, 2012
mina check out the non- arab state workspace. search it in the top right bar. we need to get to work on it.
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