New Idea For Conflict Resolution?
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From Jeff Thompson's Enjoy Mediation Blog May 2010 |
Written by: Andrew Stroehlein
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I had a fascinating meeting at Google in London this morning. Attended by some very senior journalists, former top-level government officials, and representatives of NGOs, universities, and think tanks, the three- or four-hour session looked at a proposal for a new way to approach conflict prevention.
Called "PAX", the idea is to gather SMS, images and video from the general public in areas of conflict (in the style of FrontlineSMS and Ushahidi), and combine that with satellite imagery to form a massive open database that could be accessed to help pressure key governments and others into preventative action.
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Biography
Jeff Thompson is based in New York City and is a professional mediator certified with Safe Horizon and the International Mediation Institute (IMI). He is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Griffith University Law School (Australia) and has a MS in Negotiation and Dispute Resolution from Creighton University. Jeff is employed as a Detective in law enforcement working as a conflict specialist while also engaging in interfaith issues. Jeff’s blog, Enjoy Mediation (http://www.EnjoyMediation.com) is a featured blog at Mediate.com and IMImediation.org. Comments are always welcome- email Jeff at mediator.jeff@gmail.com
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