Technology & Innovation
Reinventing How We Live Together
Critics of peacebuilding find the concept problematic. To some, peace is a deeply conservative notion: it can mean compromise; it can mean ‘keep quiet and don’t rock the boat.’ We […]
Peacebuilders in the Sky?
The number of studies that examine the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in peacebuilding are few and far between. There are even fewer academic studies that explore the […]
Una Hakika: Preventing Rumors and Violence in Kenya’s Tana Delta
When citizens of a remote and violence-prone part of Kenya hear that a neighbouring ethnic group is planning a massacre, their first response is to believe it. This is especially true […]
Connectors and Dividers in Online Spaces
Like an increasing number of peacebuilders, I have spent some time contemplating how media tools can be used to bridge divides. Further to this thought, what conflict resolution strategies can […]
Technology and the Moral Imagination in Local Peacebuilding
The peacebuilding practitioner, John Paul Lederach, neatly summarizes in “The Moral Imagination” how we can use technology to increase the impact of peacebuilding initiatives: “Reach out to those you fear. […]
Technology: Progress and Potential
We didn’t know what the word “tsunami” meant when it hit Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004. But our ignorance extended far beyond meteorological phenomena — ten years ago, lives […]
