"The whole educational and professional training system is a very elaborate filter,
which just weeds out people whoare too independent, and who
think for themselves, and who don't know how to be submissive, and so on
-- because they're dysfunctional to the institutions."
-Noam Chomsky

ICTs for Peace and Reconciliation

By Jayson Richardson | 10/29/2007 | Filed under: Articles, Contributors, General, Guest Blogger

While doing research with Dr. Edward Brantmeier, I ran across this interesting information from Cole and Crawford (2007) in an article called “Building peace through information and communication technologies.” The table below details some of the authors’ main points.

Ways of Promoting Peace and Reconciliation through ICTs	Examples of ICTs
Provide information	Internet connectivity Mobile phones and personal data assistants (PDAs) Geographic information systems (GIS Satellite imagery Listservs and forums Radio Chat
Help people process information	Websites and portals Data visualization tools Online dispute resolution tools Virtual command centers
Improve decision making	Games and simulations Online dispute resolution tools
Reduce scarcity	Mobile phones Handheld portable devices
Support relationships	Social networking tools Online collaboration tools Mobile phones Virtual reality Telecentres
Help people understand each other	Translation software Blogs Social networking tools Multimedia

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About Jayson Richardson

Dr. Jayson W. Richardson is an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. His research interests include information and communication technology for development and technology leadership in less developed nations. He conducted his dissertation research on an ICT in education project while working at UNESCO in Cambodia.

http://people.uncw.edu/richardsonj/

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