My good friend Kevin Adler, wrote a piece called <b><b>The
Structural and Cultural Impact of Natural Disasters on Social Capital:
Exploring Community Life after the 2008 Flood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa</b> </b>that might be relevant.<br><br><a href="http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/3/6/4/5/8/p364584_index.html">http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p_mla_apa_research_citation/3/6/4/5/8/p364584_index.html</a><br>
<br>Best,<br>Erhardt<br><br>----<br>Erhardt Graeff<br><a href="http://erhardtgraeff.com">http://erhardtgraeff.com</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Douglas Schuler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:douglas@publicsphereproject.org">douglas@publicsphereproject.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
distributed creativity....<br>
<br>
A friend of mine is planning to volunteer in Haiti with Architecture<br>
for Humanity in March or April. He plans to work with construction<br>
workers and other skilled people on reconstruction. He is also<br>
interested in IT and the development of the communications and the<br>
general SOCIAL infrastructure after the emergency.<br>
<br>
I told him that my own knowledge of this is pretty shallow I'd ask<br>
around in places where the knowledge is likely to be deeper. Are there<br>
important, interesting projects that he (and others) should know about?<br>
<br>
In addition to hoping that the people of Haiti can recover from this<br>
and lead lives with less hardship in the future I'm interested in<br>
understanding civic intelligence, particularly how it can be improved<br>
-- inside and outside of Haiti, in non-emergency and emergency<br>
situations. I'm working on a theory (or "theory frame") of civic<br>
intelligence so any insights you have on this -- as well as notes from<br>
the Haiti emergency -- would be extremely welcome.<br>
<br>
Please get back to me with your thoughts on this as soon as you get<br>
the opportunity.<br>
<br>
BTW, our "Civic Intelligence" pattern is at <a href="http://www.publicsphereproject.org/drupal/node/200" target="_blank">http://www.publicsphereproject.org/drupal/node/200</a><br>
and our "Emergency Communication Systems" pattern is at <a href="http://www.publicsphereproject.org/drupal/node/320" target="_blank">http://www.publicsphereproject.org/drupal/node/320</a><br>
.<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Douglas Schuler<br>
<a href="mailto:douglas@publicsphereproject.org">douglas@publicsphereproject.org</a><br>
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