crisis information management - tools and thoughts
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Presentation given at the UN Crisis Information Management Group (CiMAG)TRANSCRIPT
CiM ~ Tools & Thinking
Sanjana Hattotuwa
TED Fellow | ICT4Peace Foundation
new demographicssocial witnessing
new cartographiescrowdsourcing and crisis mapping
grassroots mapping | new cartographieshttp://publiclaboratory.org/sites/default/files/4445981062_73945db207_b_2.jpg
http://grassrootsmapping.org
grassroots mapping | new cartographieshttp://grassrootsmapping.org/gulf-oil-spill
map kibera community mappinghttp://mapkibera.org
seeingdata visualisation
Infogram: data driven narrativeshttp://infogr.am/beta
Easel.ly: data driven narrativeshttp://www.easel.ly
timeline: temporal narrativeshttp://timeline.verite.co
timetoast: temporal narrativeshttp://www.timetoast.com
wordle.net: word cloudshttp://groundviews.org/2011/05/11/from-draft-to-official-text-wikileaks-reveals-the-us-response-to-the-end-of-war-in-sri-lanka/
bundling social media, adding value through curationhttp://www.bundlr.com | http://www.storify.com
plotting, panning, zooming
infoviz & zui’s
photosynth: many eyes, context provisioninghttp://photosynth.net/view.aspx?cid=f3a648b8-7a4c-4bc4-8396-5746d86225b6
prezi: scale and contexthttp://prezi.com/4cghil5ghukn/iccm-day-1/
prezi: scale and contexthttp://prezi.com/4cghil5ghukn/iccm-day-1/
silverlight: scale and contexthttp://memorabilia.hardrock.com
sensingcrowdsourcing and web agents
Detecting Emergent Conflicts through Web Mining and Visualizationhttp://irevolution.files.wordpress.com/2011/10/detecting-emergent-conflicts-through-web-mining-and-visualization.pdf
sourcingmobile apps
The App Builder : Apps as servicehttp://www.theappbuilder.com/index.aspx
sourcingweb apps
recorded future: web data mining for analysishttps://www.recordedfuture.com
swift river : real time web data mininghttp://ushahidi.com/products/swiftriver-platform
verifyingdistributed intelligence
LRA crisis trackerhttp://lracrisistracker.theresolve.org
LRA crisis tracker | Verificationhttp://lracrisistracker.theresolve.org/sites/default/files/Map-Methodology-and-Database%20Codebook%20v1.0.pdf
JPquake Site: crowdsourcing media reportshttp://www.jpquake.info
Massive data analyticshttp://tomnod.com
Christchurch: damage assessmenthttp://tomnod.com/geocan/
radical transparency vs. privacy
challenges
Blurring private, sovereign and public@BeijingAir | https://twitter.com/#!/BeijingAir
Watch Dogs: Surveillance vs. public goodhttp://watchdogs.ubi.com/watchdogsgame/en-US/home
retention, revival and access
challenges
timescale: natural disastersocial media growth
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timescale: CPE / political crisissocial media growth
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timescale: revolution / social upheavalsocial media growth
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timescales: social media tracking differsdepending on nature of contemporary events
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Natural disaster CPE Revolution 2.0
timescales: of long-term recoverydisaster +180 days
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Production of tweets (100’s) Requests for infoe.g. dengue outbreak in IDP camp
timescales: of justice crisis / revolution +5 - 10 years or more
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In-country tweets (100’s)ICC/International media tweets (100’s) e.g. war crimes tribunal
frankensteins of social mediakeeping expired information alive, and bringing history to present
CaptureCurationArchival / RetentionSunset? / Expiry?SharingStandards and platformsMaintenanceData governanceAccessUse cases (do no harm? / fair?)
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the new revolutionshttp://revolution2book.com
"I don't personally trust any tool," he said. "I trust the people behind the tool." And that remains the most important lesson of Revolution 2.0. Technology is just an enabler. It is what people decide to do with it that matters most.
Wael Ghonim
