Comments on: Our Voices Revolutionize the World

By: Social media is about social agency, not ‘just’ gossip, entertainment or power… « Slugger O'Toole

Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:10:52 +0000

[…] about the exercise of influence over power. In the hands of the masses, the ends are as mixed as the people and the situations (Stella Creasy from 7.20) that they find themselves […]

By: Our Voices Revolutionize the World

Our Voices Revolutionize the World — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 21:04:59 +0000

[…] Erik Hersman‘s talk at the IoM meeting on technologies for violence […]

By: In a cause and effect world interruption is key to violence prevention « Slugger O'Toole

Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:19:38 +0000

[…] Usahidi grew out of a felt need to do something about a wave of violence in Kenya after the elections in 2008. It took six days from idea to delivery. If I recall correctly (my poor note taking fails me) took a further five months before they could find time and bandwidth to become and organisation and nine months before they received You can see the legacy site here, but the work is still ongoing. You can pick up the substance of Erik’s presentation here. […]

By: Vic Ward

Vic Ward — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:29:40 +0000

Most of the examples of crowd sourcing I know about are in places where networks are learning to share. This shows that people all over the world and in places where violence is a problem can use the tools to find sustainable solutions.

I am writing a book with some colleagues from the Human Systems Dynamics Institute (http://www.hsdinstitute.org/) on using complex adaptive systems principles to reduce the potential for violence before violence occurs. This may be a helpful addition to the set of tools available.

peace