[esocialaction] lessons from open source disaster relief

[Leonie Ramondt]

FYI:  A colleague referred me to this article on open source disaster
recovery-case studies of networked collaboration, which i suspect might be
of interest to others on this list...

http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_5/jones/index.html


Abstract
Volunteers eager to help disaster victims have begun to draw on open
source models of organization to mobilize and coordinate vast resources
from around the world. This paper investigates two such groundbreaking
efforts, involving responses to Hurricane Katrina and to the South East
Asian tsunami. The study sheds light on how these organizations evolve so
rapidly, how leaders emerge and confront challenges, and how interactions
with traditional, more hierarchical disaster recovery efforts unfold.
Lessons from these early efforts show how they can be improved, and also
point to the need for more research on networked non–state actors that are
playing increasingly prominent roles.


best wishes,

Leonie Ramondt

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