Mapping Knowledge in Antarctica

For the past recent decades, it has been the information technology revolution that greatly influenced social structures, working environments, and consumption patterns. In a knowledge economy, the system of consumption and production is based heavily on human and intellectual capital. As a data-driven economy, knowledge also have the possibility to be quantified, compared, and assessed. “What exactly is the lower threshold, and what is enough for a territory to be considered knowledge-based?”. To test this, we look at Antartica – a territory that is at both ends of the spectrum with an absolutely high intellectual capital and at the same time most extreme and restricted to network and access.

Creating a comparative lanning tool to measure productivity, collaboration, and efficiency.