[p2p-research] civic intelligence in haiti

[Michel Bauwens]

Hi Doug,

Eric Hunting in cc has done some serious thinking about shelter in
post-reconstruction, just in case, amongst other things, a proposal for the
abruzzi region which he could forward (I co-authored, but am not the real
expert)

I have a tag, http://del.icio.us/mbauwens/P2P-Aid, where I have been
monitoring the use of the internet in disasters, and projects like Ushashadi
etc..

I think Patrick Meyer of the iRevolution blog may be able to help as well;
Nikos is the leading p2p-inspired architect,

Michel


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From: Douglas Schuler <douglas at publicsphereproject.org>
To: Ciresearchers <ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:35:15 -0800
Subject: Civic intelligence in Haiti Recovery?
CI-Researcher....

A friend of mine is planning to volunteer in Haiti with Architecture for
Humanity in March or April. He plans to work with construction workers and
other skilled people on reconstruction. He is also interested in IT and the
development of the communications and the general SOCIAL infrastructure
after the emergency.

I told him that my own knowledge of this is pretty shallow I'd ask around in
places where the knowledge is likely to be deeper. Are there important,
interesting projects that he (and others) should know about?

In addition to hoping that the people of Haiti can recover from this and
lead lives with less hardship in the future I'm interested in understanding
civic intelligence, particularly how it can be improved -- inside and
outside of Haiti, in non-emergency and emergency situations. I'm working on
a theory (or "theory frame") of civic intelligence so any insights you have
on this -- as well as notes from the Haiti emergency -- would be extremely
welcome.

Please get back to me with your thoughts on this as soon as you get the
opportunity.

BTW, our "Civic Intelligence" pattern is at
http://www.publicsphereproject.org/drupal/node/200 and our "Emergency
Communication Systems" pattern is at
http://www.publicsphereproject.org/drupal/node/320.

Thanks!


Douglas Schuler
douglas at publicsphereproject.org

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