A Brief History of Crisis Mapping (Updated)
Introduction One of the donors I’m in contact with about the proposed crisis mapping conference wisely recommended I add a big-picture background to crisis mapping. This blog post is my first pass at...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes at the Crisis Mapping Conference
We are just five days away from launching the first International Conference on Crisis Mapping (ICCM 2009) but the seeds for this unique event were planted 15 months ago, on Facebook of all places. My...
View ArticleDisaster Relief 2.0: Between a Signac and a Picasso
The United Nations Foundation, Vodafone Foundation, OCHA and my “alma matter” the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative just launched an important report that seeks to chart the future of disaster response...
View ArticleStranger than Fiction: A Few Words About An Ethical Compass for Crisis Mapping
The good people at the Sudan Sentinel Project (SSP), housed at my former “alma matter,” the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), have recently written this curious piece on crisis mapping and the...
View ArticleThe KoBo Platform: Data Collection for Real Practitioners
Update: be sure to check out the excellent points in the comments section below. I recently visited my alma mater, the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), where I learned more about the free and...
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