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Trust and humanitarian systems design

sanjana — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 09:18:25 +0000

I participated in some great discussions - one on one and in groups - on the issue of trust in humanitarian aid. Trust was seen not just as a artefact of the information ecosystem, but also as a perception amongst those the systems is introduced to. Trust was seen in many different ways - as a protocol and point to point security measure by system designers, as a mutable construct by practitioners and as a complex, dynamic set of social rules coded into humanitarian systems by others. I've explored some of the issues that came out of these discussions in two blog posts. Is technology neutral?

Final observations of Strong Angel III

sanjana — Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:26:46 +0000

Back in Sri Lanka after Strong Angel III and thought of writing some observations I had on the exercise. See Strong Angel III - Final observations for the full post. Sanjana Hattotuwa

Second Life for Humanitarian Aid and Peacebuilding

sanjana — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 15:33:17 +0000

One of the most powerful visual memories of SA III I have is seeing the Second Life sim designed for SA III demonstrated live on site. I've blogged about this and the serious uses of the Second Life platform here.

Podcasts on SA III

sanjana — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 06:17:50 +0000

There's a number of podcasts I've done with several leading participants at SA III here - http://ict4peace.wordpress.com. Also check out http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/strong-angel-iii for other posts on SA III.

Media engagement and Strong Angel III

sanjana — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:26:52 +0000

Didn't know quite where else to post this, but here's an interview that I did with Internews who are part of SA III -

More SA III posts here - http://ict4peace.wordpress.com/

Sanjana Hattotuwa

Lessons from FEMA for SA III

sanjana — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 06:10:49 +0000

Wrote this post - - based on some observations on the http://strongangel.nga-earth.org/ site launched in the afternoon today.

Sanjana Hattotuwa