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I teach refugees to map their world

  • Written by Brian Tomaszewski, Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technologies, Rochester Institute of Technology
A scene from Zaatari refugee camp, Jordan.Brian Tomaszewski, CC BY-SA

I first visited the Zaatari refugee camp in early 2015. Located in northern Jordan, the camp is home to more than 80,000 Syrian refugees. I was there as part of a research study on refugee camp wireless and information infrastructure.

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