Hey guys, Just a few quick thoughts.
Participation in the mapping of your city/neighborhood/country is one means to participating in a broader dialogue about the state of things, what is important, and being engaged in the the processes that the maps are intended to facilitate. Because OSM is a dynamic dataset, constantly being updated or at least always update-able, I think there are strong possibilities for framing our work as a free and open conversation about a community that all community-members can participate in. In doing so, there are clear links to peace-building work. USIP held an event last year on "Community Mapping as a PeaceBuilding Tool." Might be worth talking to Patrick Meier or Rob Baker (I think they were both there) about what was discussed and how it could help us talk about HOT in the language of the peace-building work. I forwarded this to a friend in Uganda when it first came up on the CrisisMappers list to see if there was interest. Senegal just had a historic election and we've talked about wanting to work in W Africa for awhile too. There's a Drupal-shop there that has at times I think been involved in mapping activities who we could also reach out to. Cheers, Robert Cheers, Robert On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Kate Chapman <k...@maploser.com> wrote: > Hi Harry, > > I don't think with these types of proposals they always have to cover > everything. I think just having infrastructure mapped can sometimes > help with peacebuilding, because then you can look are resources. A > similar example that HOT has worked on is to map IDP camps in Haiti > for example by having that information available the effected > population can be more aware of what is going on. > > There are also potentials for proposals where base data could be used > to then start a large conversation. We would probably need a > community partner for that though. > > -Kate > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Harry Wood <m...@harrywood.co.uk> wrote: >> Given that we clearly tick the box for Participatory Digital Mapping, and >> have a lot to say about community engagement too, I'd say it would make >> sense for HOT to be submitting a grant application to USIP. There's a little >> more information about the mapping side of things within a PDF linked at the >> bottom of that site. >> http://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/priority-grant-competition >> >> "The focus of this year’s Communication for >> Peacebuilding solicitation is to support projects that >> strengthen the impact of participatory digital >> mapping initiatives by using local media and >> community organizations to increase information >> input from affected populations and information use >> by relevant peacebuilding actors. " >> >> A hard sell might be to explain what maps can offer for "peace building", >> but this seems to be accepted as a premise of the grant funding. I think the >> main challenge then is to devise a plan involving "using local media >> and community organisations". >> >> Harry >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Kate Chapman <k...@maploser.com> >> To: hot@openstreetmap.org >> Sent: Wednesday, 21 March 2012, 23:59 >> Subject: [HOT] Fwd: [CrisisMappers] USIP Call for Proposals: "Participatory >> Digital Mapping, Local Media, and Community Engagement" >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> I think we should use this as an opportunity to brain storm opportunities to >> work in places we've responded remotely in the past. Or other ideas as well. >> >> Best, >> >> -Kate >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Anand Varghese <varghesean...@gmail.com> >> Date: Thu, Mar 22, 2012 at 2:05 AM >> Subject: [CrisisMappers] USIP Call for Proposals: "Participatory Digital >> Mapping, Local Media, and Community Engagement" >> To: crisismapp...@googlegroups.com >> >> >> Hello All >> The U.S. Institute of Peace’s Communication for Peacebuilding Priority >> Grant Competition seeks to support innovative practice and research >> designed to increase our understanding of how communication flows and >> technology can best be leveraged to improve the practice of >> peacebuilding. The theme of the 2012 competition is “Participatory >> Digital Mapping, Local Media, and Community Engagement,” and the >> entire call for proposals is available at >> http://www.usip.org/grants-fellowships/priority-grant-competition#CFP. >> Please note that concept notes are due to USIP by April 6, 2012. >> Projects are being funded in the range of $40,000 -- $60,000. USIP >> Staff Contact: Elizabeth Murray, c...@usip.org. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Anand Varghese >> USIP >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "CrisisMappers" group. >> To post to this group, send email to crisismapp...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> crisismappers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/crisismappers?hl=en. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOT mailing list >> HOT@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot > > _______________________________________________ > HOT mailing list > HOT@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot _______________________________________________ HOT mailing list HOT@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/hot
