Comments on: The Next Generation Conflict Monitoring System: People and Technology /now/peacebuilder/2011/06/next-generation-conflict-monitoring-system-people-and-technology/ Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:40:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Crowdsourcing or Experts? Assessing technological approaches to crisis monitoring – Peacebuilder Online /now/peacebuilder/2011/06/next-generation-conflict-monitoring-system-people-and-technology/#comment-651 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:38:17 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/peacebuilder/?p=3836#comment-651 […] My last post was about Ushahidi and its novel approach to monitoring conflict through the combination of SMS, Twitter and geo-mapping.  At the center of the Ushahidi methodology for crisis monitoring is crowdsourcing: the use of the general public’s knowledge or opinion to provide information.  Most of us benefit from crowdsourcing every day.  When we shop on Amazon, we look at an item’s reviews.  When we rent a movie on iTunes and Netflix, we look at its ratings.  These both use crowdsourcing methods. […]

]]> By: The Next Generation Conflict Monitoring System: People and Technology « New Dominion Philanthrophy Metrics /now/peacebuilder/2011/06/next-generation-conflict-monitoring-system-people-and-technology/#comment-542 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 22:37:21 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/peacebuilder/?p=3836#comment-542 […] This piece was originally published on the Peacebuilder blog […]

]]> By: Mara J. Roberts /now/peacebuilder/2011/06/next-generation-conflict-monitoring-system-people-and-technology/#comment-498 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 15:02:40 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/peacebuilder/?p=3836#comment-498 In reply to Jan Jenner.

Hi Jan,

Thank you for your comment. Yes, Ushahidi got much more known after the Haiti crisis. While the article focused more on the conflict uses, versions of Ushahidi have been use to monitor crises from the earthquakes in Chile and New Zealand, the Gulf oil spill, and the nuclear disaster in Japan.

Thanks,
Mara

]]> By: Warigia Hinga (MA '11, CJP) /now/peacebuilder/2011/06/next-generation-conflict-monitoring-system-people-and-technology/#comment-491 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 17:40:13 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/peacebuilder/?p=3836#comment-491 Mara, interesting concept. A great conflict monitoring tool for Kenyan general elections next year.

]]> By: Jan Jenner /now/peacebuilder/2011/06/next-generation-conflict-monitoring-system-people-and-technology/#comment-487 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:27:26 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/peacebuilder/?p=3836#comment-487 I believe that Ushahidi was also used after the earthquake in Haiti to track both destruction/deaths, etc as well as humanitarian relief efforts around the country.

]]> By: Mara J. Roberts /now/peacebuilder/2011/06/next-generation-conflict-monitoring-system-people-and-technology/#comment-471 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 13:11:02 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/peacebuilder/?p=3836#comment-471 In reply to Judy Clarke.

Judy,

Thanks for your comment and interest. Stay tuned for more on this topic next week.

Thanks,
Mara

]]> By: Judy Clarke /now/peacebuilder/2011/06/next-generation-conflict-monitoring-system-people-and-technology/#comment-440 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 18:39:26 +0000 http://emu.edu/now/peacebuilder/?p=3836#comment-440 Mara,
What an interesting concept, mapping the violence and the potential for a response to the violence. Tell me more!
Peace,
Judy

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