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[https://aspirationtech.org/events/humtechfest/cambridge/2016/june Event overview on the Aspiration site] | [https://aspirationtech.org/events/humtechfest/cambridge/2016/june Event overview on the Aspiration site] | ||
| − | + | ==Saturday June 4th, 2016== | |
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| − | [[Category: Events]] [[Category: HumTechFest]] [[Category: Berkman]] | + | ===[http://facilitation.aspirationtech.org/index.php?title=Agenda:Hacking Universe of Topics]=== |
| + | ====Accountability==== | ||
| + | * Information sharing to promote local actors' agency and hold non-governmental organization and accountability | ||
| + | * How to better connect tech to local needs | ||
| + | * the intersections of ad-hoc, NGOs and gov leadership (effective partnerships) | ||
| + | * working with the UN | ||
| + | * who takes ownership of leadership and how in crises? | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====Sustainability==== | ||
| + | * How to create sustainable communities around a project | ||
| + | * burnout/mental health | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====Actor power dynamics==== | ||
| + | * Helping big NGOs be less bad (and doing so for for free) is problematic | ||
| + | * How to empower local/ and/or grassroots | ||
| + | * Supporting existing local in country capacity | ||
| + | * how to engage non-traditional actors | ||
| + | * expert knowledge versus community knowledge (folk, indigenous) | ||
| + | * Right to connect versus "cyber sovereignty" | ||
| + | * Decentralized personal battery powered AI | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====Human (social) organization==== | ||
| + | * How to decentralize coordination, tech, power | ||
| + | * How do we get socialists and anarchists on the same page? | ||
| + | * Gender-responsive humanitarian solutions | ||
| + | * How do you intro in new expertise without dominating coopting the convo | ||
| + | * how do we negotiate what should/will be done | ||
| + | * best practices for hyper-local prep (resilience!) | ||
| + | * how do folks new to the area get involved (or deepen involvement) | ||
| + | * Who's missing that should be here | ||
| + | * how people plug into response efforts | ||
| + | * bringing civic tech and digital humanitarians together | ||
| + | * digital onboarding discourse | ||
| + | * the difference between needs in response to civic versus natural disasters | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====Tools==== | ||
| + | * all kinds of radio! | ||
| + | * disaster directory (and dictionary) | ||
| + | * using humanitarian tools for mutual aid purposes | ||
| + | * tools for better interpersonal skills in crisis | ||
| + | * how can w user-test crisis response tools? | ||
| + | * early warning system/disaster risk management | ||
| + | * virtual reality in crisis response | ||
| + | * can tech tools help with the refugee crisis? | ||
| + | * tools/code/network/clearinghouse to support co-creation (build with/in parallel) | ||
| + | * using tech as a tool (not as an end in itself)_ | ||
| + | * community-sourced tools for disaster response | ||
| + | * new financing mechanisms | ||
| + | * messaging/high latency protocols versus web/low latency as fundamental comms architectures | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====Accessibility/Inclusivity==== | ||
| + | * How can the tools we create be more accessible, relevant, to the communities they're made for? | ||
| + | * how can our social and tech responses be inclusive to the most people? | ||
| + | * empowering entrepreneurs ethically | ||
| + | * the relationship between 1st response and resilience | ||
| + | * we need more use of existing open source software | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====Orphans==== | ||
| + | * Intelligent property rights versus open-sourced problem solving | ||
| + | * Emergent citizen group manual (to share knowledge) | ||
| + | * how to redirect tech ? duplicate (stuff we don't want) and abandonware | ||
| + | * how to redirect action for "evidence" solutions | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====Media, Games, culture==== | ||
| + | * Trans-media campaigns for shifting awareness | ||
| + | * Gamificiation | ||
| + | * Digital curriculum | ||
| + | * re-application of lessons and insights in disaster to other spheres/fields | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====data==== | ||
| + | * how do we keep people present when collecting data? | ||
| + | * open data standards | ||
| + | * data quality and data sharing | ||
| + | * how to identify resources and needs | ||
| + | * new economics and bitcoin currency have a role in economic resilience | ||
| + | * is there an open source option for responder databases on a national/global scale? | ||
| + | * mitigating security concerns of social messaging collected data | ||
| + | * opening and sharing data (community ownership of data) | ||
| + | * can open source ethics crisis response be security and privacy conscious | ||
| + | * how to improve tech for more efficient needs assessment | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====resource organization and distribution==== | ||
| + | * crowdsourcing in crisis and disaster | ||
| + | * how can we organize and distribute resources more equitably? | ||
| + | * how to distribute resources | ||
| + | * alternative energy capture and storage | ||
| + | * resdesign the needs evaluations assessment | ||
| + | * how to fill resource gaps | ||
| + | * decentralized distributed reputation | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===[http://facilitation.aspirationtech.org/index.php?title=Facilitation:Spectrogram Spectrogram]=== | ||
| + | ====Statements read==== | ||
| + | * Nonprofits can help in a crisis | ||
| + | * Technological singularity will overtake human leadership of disaster response by 2040 | ||
| + | * We can't trust the government to respond in crisis situations | ||
| + | * Everyone is responsible for their own recovery | ||
| + | * You can't fix things without the government | ||
| + | ====Statements not read==== | ||
| + | * Everybody who should be here is | ||
| + | * Traditional (including agile) IT design works for this | ||
| + | * We can model people like atoms / we can gain full control | ||
| + | * In a disaster it is better to send money than items | ||
| + | * Monetary donations in disaster should be spent as soon as possible | ||
| + | * Money can solve humanitarian problems | ||
| + | * Crisis will be the catalyst for positive social change | ||
| + | * Humanitarians are irrelevant if people practice resilience | ||
| + | * All NGOs are bad | ||
| + | * Nation states are the primary actors in responding to global humanitarian crises. | ||
| + | * Look to underlying social problems to make change | ||
| + | * Outsiders are always helping | ||
| + | * The most resources should go to the most vulnerable | ||
| + | * Cash disbursement is the most important type of aid | ||
| + | * Small solutions are better than big solutions | ||
| + | * Development relief is intended to build the US economy | ||
| + | * Rather than humanitarian intervention just give all cash | ||
| + | * You don't need the internet to communicate effectively | ||
| + | * Everyone can help in a crisis | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Game / Scenario / LARP=== | ||
| + | [[2016 HumTechFest LARP]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Sunday June 5th, 2016== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ===Discussion Topics/Breakouts=== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Projects== | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Things to Peruse Further== | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[Category: Events]] [[Category: HumTechFest]] [[Category: Berkman]] [[Category:Agenda]] | ||
Revision as of 11:50, 5 June 2016
Ever wanted to know about, or work on, disaster and humanitarian response technology from a people-first perspective? Aspiration's #HumTechFest strives to build capacity for humanitarian aid and disaster response efforts through technology and community. These are participatory and community-driven convenings designed for field practitioners, media makers and storytellers, technology developers, information security practitioners, members of affected populations, researchers, and everyone in between. The agenda is co-developed with participants, facilitators, and partners in the time leading up and during the event.
Please check out our Participant Guidelines before the event.
- Saturday June 4th and Sunday June 5th
- Berkman Center for Internet and Society
- 2nd floor at 23 Everett St
- Cambridge, MA
Event overview on the Aspiration site
Saturday June 4th, 2016
Universe of Topics
Accountability
- Information sharing to promote local actors' agency and hold non-governmental organization and accountability
- How to better connect tech to local needs
- the intersections of ad-hoc, NGOs and gov leadership (effective partnerships)
- working with the UN
- who takes ownership of leadership and how in crises?
Sustainability
- How to create sustainable communities around a project
- burnout/mental health
Actor power dynamics
- Helping big NGOs be less bad (and doing so for for free) is problematic
- How to empower local/ and/or grassroots
- Supporting existing local in country capacity
- how to engage non-traditional actors
- expert knowledge versus community knowledge (folk, indigenous)
- Right to connect versus "cyber sovereignty"
- Decentralized personal battery powered AI
Human (social) organization
- How to decentralize coordination, tech, power
- How do we get socialists and anarchists on the same page?
- Gender-responsive humanitarian solutions
- How do you intro in new expertise without dominating coopting the convo
- how do we negotiate what should/will be done
- best practices for hyper-local prep (resilience!)
- how do folks new to the area get involved (or deepen involvement)
- Who's missing that should be here
- how people plug into response efforts
- bringing civic tech and digital humanitarians together
- digital onboarding discourse
- the difference between needs in response to civic versus natural disasters
Tools
- all kinds of radio!
- disaster directory (and dictionary)
- using humanitarian tools for mutual aid purposes
- tools for better interpersonal skills in crisis
- how can w user-test crisis response tools?
- early warning system/disaster risk management
- virtual reality in crisis response
- can tech tools help with the refugee crisis?
- tools/code/network/clearinghouse to support co-creation (build with/in parallel)
- using tech as a tool (not as an end in itself)_
- community-sourced tools for disaster response
- new financing mechanisms
- messaging/high latency protocols versus web/low latency as fundamental comms architectures
Accessibility/Inclusivity
- How can the tools we create be more accessible, relevant, to the communities they're made for?
- how can our social and tech responses be inclusive to the most people?
- empowering entrepreneurs ethically
- the relationship between 1st response and resilience
- we need more use of existing open source software
Orphans
- Intelligent property rights versus open-sourced problem solving
- Emergent citizen group manual (to share knowledge)
- how to redirect tech ? duplicate (stuff we don't want) and abandonware
- how to redirect action for "evidence" solutions
Media, Games, culture
- Trans-media campaigns for shifting awareness
- Gamificiation
- Digital curriculum
- re-application of lessons and insights in disaster to other spheres/fields
data
- how do we keep people present when collecting data?
- open data standards
- data quality and data sharing
- how to identify resources and needs
- new economics and bitcoin currency have a role in economic resilience
- is there an open source option for responder databases on a national/global scale?
- mitigating security concerns of social messaging collected data
- opening and sharing data (community ownership of data)
- can open source ethics crisis response be security and privacy conscious
- how to improve tech for more efficient needs assessment
resource organization and distribution
- crowdsourcing in crisis and disaster
- how can we organize and distribute resources more equitably?
- how to distribute resources
- alternative energy capture and storage
- resdesign the needs evaluations assessment
- how to fill resource gaps
- decentralized distributed reputation
Spectrogram
Statements read
- Nonprofits can help in a crisis
- Technological singularity will overtake human leadership of disaster response by 2040
- We can't trust the government to respond in crisis situations
- Everyone is responsible for their own recovery
- You can't fix things without the government
Statements not read
- Everybody who should be here is
- Traditional (including agile) IT design works for this
- We can model people like atoms / we can gain full control
- In a disaster it is better to send money than items
- Monetary donations in disaster should be spent as soon as possible
- Money can solve humanitarian problems
- Crisis will be the catalyst for positive social change
- Humanitarians are irrelevant if people practice resilience
- All NGOs are bad
- Nation states are the primary actors in responding to global humanitarian crises.
- Look to underlying social problems to make change
- Outsiders are always helping
- The most resources should go to the most vulnerable
- Cash disbursement is the most important type of aid
- Small solutions are better than big solutions
- Development relief is intended to build the US economy
- Rather than humanitarian intervention just give all cash
- You don't need the internet to communicate effectively
- Everyone can help in a crisis