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Lecture to Southern Methodist University on ICTs in peacebuilding, delivered in March 2014.
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ICTs today
Sanjana Hattotuwa!!TED Fellow 2011 Special Advisor, ICT4Peace Foundation
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colombo vigil, 12 april
7pm3.30pmiMessage
SMS
7.30pm Groundviews (blog)
Bundlr
SoundCloud
11pmYouTube
updates via iMessage
iMessage to Twitter (real time)
real time twitter conversations
colombo vigil, 12 april
colombo vigil, 12 april
colombo vigil, 12 april
colombo vigil, 12 april
readers across media, under 48 hours
• Facebook : 12% of 82*342 = ~3,365
• Twitter : 44*126 = 5,544
• Blog post : 4,620
• SoundCloud : 599
• Bundlr : 4,100
• Conservative minimum reach of blog post: 18,200 (excluding email, RSS)
network diffusion
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conversations across geography, time, disciplines, actors, media
my work from sri lanka mediation, conversation, reconciliation, transformation
one text peace negotiations platform, ~2003
one text peace negotiations platform, ~2003
bearing witness to injustice new media for social justice
helping rural communities leverage new media addressing justice and grievances at village level
maps
monitoring election violence http://cmev.wordpress.com/maps
monitoring disasters http://groundviews.org/2011/02/05/google-map-on-flood-affected-areas-in-sri-lanka-february-2011
bearing witness to alleged war crimes http://groundviews.org/2012/09/12/the-end-of-war-in-sri-lanka-captured-for-posterity-by-google-earth
bearing witness to alleged war crimes http://groundviews.org/2012/09/18/sri-lankas-forgotten-mass-graves-google-earth-and-remembering-the-dead-in-nandikadal/
facebook & social media
Facebook polls http://groundviews.org/2011/03/31/world-cup-cricket-aiding-reconciliation-in-sri-lanka-fact-or-fiction/
Groundviews on Twitter @groundviews
Groundviews on Flipboard @groundviews
arts, tech & culture
moving images http://www.movingimages.asia
mediated http://groundviews.org/2012/08/24/mediated-portraying-hard-data-on-sri-lanka-through-art/
30 years ago http://www.30yearsago.asia
archiving (the inconvenient)
llrc media and submission archive http://groundviews.org/llrc-media-coverage-and-submissions/
archiving sri lanka’s history http://sitesatrisksl.wordpress.com/about
#hrc22 http://groundviews.org/2012/11/02/uprlka-complete-tweet-archive-and-related-visualisation-around-sri-lankas-upr-review/
Flip flop http://groundviews.org/2009/08/25/bearing-witness-submit-content-on-idps-and-police-brutality-to-win-a-flip-ultra-video-camera/
failure
Flip flop http://groundviews.org/2009/08/25/bearing-witness-submit-content-on-idps-and-police-brutality-to-win-a-flip-ultra-video-camera/
technology will influence outcomes whether by design or ignorance
the future is anchored to and underpinned by
• Geo-location, geo-fencing and geo-referencing / location awareness
• Drones & UAVs for peacebuilding, human rights protection and humanitarianism
• The Internet of things
• Life-logging
• The next billion on smartphones
