Blogs - Soul of the New Machine

THE SONG OF HOPE REQUIRES US TO SING IT

As we look at the world around us with all of the polarization in our society and the divisions between the human family, we often feel bombarded and overwhelmed by the enormity of these challenges. White against black, Jew against Arab, straight against gay...ALL examples of di… Continue

Added by Will Griffith on June 27, 2009 at 11:06am — No Comments

FROM THE IHRT PRESS ROOM

Ex-Prostitutes Say South Korea and U.S. Enabled Sex Trade Near Bases SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has railed for years against the Japanese government’s waffling over how much responsibility it bears for one of the ugliest chapters in its wartime history: the enslavement… Continue

Added by Will Griffith on June 14, 2009 at 9:31am — No Comments

Training partnerships and linkages - join us!

On Tuesday lunchtime a group of Soul participants met to talk about challenges/lessons learned/opportunities in training on tools and tactics, and to think about how we could partner more. Please join our 'Training' group if you're interested in being part of an ongoing conversation around this... http://newmachineconference.ning.com/group/training Our next step - a basic mapping/visualization of training work and current partne… Continue

Added by Sam Gregory on May 6, 2009 at 1:03pm — No Comments

mobile tools

While seating at the PDAS AND PHONES FOR DATA COLLECTION and listening to all the presentations, currently a very good review of various uses of sms by Ken Banks - who runs http://www.kiwanja.org i could not stop myself from little self promotion of a toolkit that we developed together with Fahamu.org and over 50 advocacy organisations from Africa and beyond. If you are interested, please go and see or download or get a hard copy (all free) from http://mobiles.tacticaltech.org - i dont really li… Continue

Added by Marek Tuszynski on May 5, 2009 at 1:20pm — No Comments

Ken Banks Document - PDA Presentation

Feel free to download Ken's presentation here Continue

Added by Melissa Carnay on May 5, 2009 at 12:12pm — No Comments

Plenaria: La sabiduría de los grupos, James Surowiecki

*** Esta es una transcripción rápida, disculpas por la gramática y ortografía ;) Camilla no mencionó que soy un periodista de negocios, así que no vengo de la comunidad de Derechos Humanos. Hablaré de la conexión de movimientos colectivos y sociales, y trataré de extender eso a la comunidad más amplia de derechos humanos, y cómo se pueden usar las técnicas de inteligencia colectiva para tomar decisiones y resolver problemas. En 1989 en el Este de Alemania, empezaron a organizarse pequeñas manif… Continue

Added by Lena Zuniga on May 4, 2009 at 8:00pm — No Comments

How to Recruit bloggers? Pointers by David Sasaki

Follow bloggers first, then invite them to help you Link to them, they'll know Allow bloggers to keep their copyright Flattering goes a long way, make it real Establish a sense of community, we'll talk about tools Repeat your mission and narrative, don't assume everyone knows Find metrics and sent milestones, create a sense of accomplishments Think about incentives. What are they getting out of it? A lot of they will! Use virtual tools for: Staying in touch Avoid repeating conversations Keep t… Continue

Added by Lena Zuniga on May 4, 2009 at 1:09pm — No Comments

Español: Plenaria Inicial: " De mobilizar la verguenza a producir nuevos espacios" Trevor Paglen

Plenaria Inicial: " De mobilizar la verguenza a producir nuevos espacios" Trevor Paglen, autor de Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret World (Puntos vacíos en el mapa: la geografía oscura del mundo secreto del Pentágono) http://www.paglen.com/ Algunas de las imágenes referidas en el texto se pueden ver en: http://www.paglen.com/pages/projects.htm Muestra una fotografía, no es interesante ni bien compue… Continue

Added by Lena Zuniga on May 4, 2009 at 12:26pm — No Comments

Soul of the New Machine!

I lead a new Center of Innovation for Science, Technology and Peacebuilding at the US Institute of Peace, a Washington think tank that provides research and training in conflict prevention and post-conflict reconstruction. I'm excited to meet you all and learn about your initiatives and new tools for promoting peace and human rights. You can also connect to me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/joelwhitaker See you around the conference! - Joel Continue

Added by Joel Whitaker on May 4, 2009 at 9:43am — No Comments

ConVerGentes- Another viewing hub in Medellin, Colombia

La Loma follows The soul of the New Machine Tanto fue el entusiasmo que despertó entre los integrantes de HiperBarrio - ConVerGentes la posibilidad de conectarse y seguir la conferencia la conferencia internacional “El Alma de la Nueva Máquina, derechos humanos, tecnología y nuevos medios ”The soul of the New Machine, human rights, technology and new media” que en nuestra reuión del sábado 2 de Mayo se decidió e… Continue

Added by carobotero on May 4, 2009 at 7:26am — 2 Comments

Making a Difference

Flock is proud to be a sponsor of this important gathering. My blog post on our involvement with the Human Rights Center and the Soul of the New Machine is here: http://flock.com/node/78490 Continue

Added by Shawn Hardin on May 3, 2009 at 11:26pm — No Comments

La Loma a new Hub in The Soul of the Machine

We learned about the event via Carolina Botero, but the group´s enthusiasm developed into the idea of having a new Hub in the subsidiary Library of La Loma. a peripheral area of Medellin, so that the HiperBarrio community of bloggers can attend without travel cost, and invite other young people and their neighbors. At least four of our bloggers will be posting about the event in our collective blog… Continue

Added by Álvaro R. O. on May 3, 2009 at 9:42pm — No Comments

Twitter: brandguru

Twitter: brandguru Continue

Added by Whitney Vosburgh on May 2, 2009 at 2:49pm — No Comments

Information for the Colombian viewing hubs!

In Medellín

In Bogota

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Added by carobotero on April 30, 2009 at 7:53pm — No Comments

“The soul of the New Machine, human rights, technology and new media” en Colombia

“The soul of the New Machine, human rights, technology and new media” (El Alma de la Nueva Máquina, derechos humanos, tecnología y nuevos medios) will be showcased in Bogotá and Medellín! Las innovaciones recientes en ciencia y tecnología han provisto a abogados de derechos humanos, periodistas, y científicos con nuevos instrumentos para exponer crímenes de guerra y otras violaciones de derechos humanos, de esta forma… Continue

Added by carobotero on April 30, 2009 at 12:41pm — No Comments

Video Primer on Crisis Mapping

I just produced a video introduction on Crisis Mapping which highlights the role of technology for human rights. This is a short summary of a 2-year program on "Crisis Mapping and Early Warning" at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), where I am a Fellow. The video is available on my… Continue

Added by PatrickMeier on April 28, 2009 at 4:29am — 4 Comments

MobileActive blog post re HRC Mobile Challenge

Thanks to Melissa Louden for the blog post about the Mobile Challenge: http://mobileactive.org/reflections-ucb-human-rights-center-mobile-challenge-and-few-interesting-apps. Continue

Added by Camille Crittenden on April 27, 2009 at 2:02pm — No Comments

Op-Ed: Firewalls to Freedom

This article by OSI Fellows Rebecca MacKinnon and Evgeny Morozov was originally published in late February by Project Syndicate. We are delighted that Rebecca and Evgeny will attend the Soul of the New Machine! Op-Ed: Firewalls to Freedom Project Syndicate Rebecca MacKinnon & Evgeny Morozov February 25, 2009 The following article was originally published by Project Syndicate. Rebecca MacKinnon and Evgeny Morozov are Open Society Fellows. Even the most cold-hearted realists would ag… Continue

Added by Camille Crittenden on April 17, 2009 at 4:01pm — No Comments

Mobile Phones and Farming

Here's an interesting article on mobile phones and farming in Kenya Continue

Added by Melissa Carnay on April 17, 2009 at 11:25am — No Comments

The N2Y4 Mobile Challenge at Net Squared

Just a reminder that Netsquared has a couple more challenges (including the N2Y4 mobile challenge) and voting started yesterday, My project - Community Mobile Channels - could really do with some support and I really think it has some use in the field of Citizen Reporting of Human Rights Issues and Abuses. So if you have a few moments free please head over to Netsquared and v… Continue

Added by rob allen on April 7, 2009 at 4:02pm — No Comments

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