I’ve got my fingers in a lot of pots for the coming few months. I’m working on the Virtual Tribunal — the work for the moment is mostly coordination. Our team has grown, which is terrific for our project, and now it is really time to start making our system. What this means for me [...]
Curious about who is working to build capacity in IT. Found some organizations/projects in the country and hope to speak with people involved.
Bar Camp, Oct 3-4, 2009
(http://barcampphnompenh.org) was held at Pannasasstra University (PUC); there are 1100+ people registered on the site as attending; sponsored by local and international companies.
Conical Hat Software
(http://www.conicalhat.com) Based in Phnom [...]
Trying to get a sense of who among and how large a sector of the population could use a tool that is (a) written (b) computer-based. So, digging for numbers about literacy and telecom ownership, usage, access. I’m not just interested in computer and internet ownership/access. I’m also interested in radio, tv, [...]
S-21 or Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (http://www.tuolsleng.com/) was a Phnom Penh school turned into a prison by the Khmer Rouge, now preserved as a genocide museum. It is estimated that as many as 20,000 people may have been detained at S-21 where they were torchered and killed. The map of Cambodia made of skulls and [...]
The East West Center of Berkeley is co-producing a weekly television show in Cambodia “Duch on Trial” — a show that recaps and explains the week’s events in the ECCC. This show is averaging 5million viewers each week, meaning that 1 in 5 Cambodians sees this show. This is encouraging, especially in light of the [...]
http://hrc.berkeley.edu/cambodia.html
The UC Berkeley Human Rights Center conducted a population-based survey last year of Cambodians to assess public awareness and attitudes towards the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC, http://www.eccc.gov.kh/), the join national/international tribunal trying accused Khmer Rouge war criminals.
The survey finds, among other conclusions, that the ECCC should “Greatly expand and improve the [...]
http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~changmin/virtualtribunal.htm
This Fall, I joined a project at Berkeley called the Virtual Tribunal. The Virtual Tribunal is envisioned as an interactive online multimedia repository for the documents of war crimes tribunals from Nuremberg to the present. In addition to the documents of the court, the Virtual Tribunal will include documents related to the associated wars and [...]
I’m leaving Uganda tomorrow. We, Michael, Charlene, and I finished our work over the last two weeks — had final meetings with people in Kampala, set ourselves up for future partnerships and project development work. And now we return to the states with ideas, contacts, and the need to write for more grants.
We will potentially [...]
I’ve spent some days in the last week or so visiting with organizations that run “food security” programs. “Food security” is a term that refers to a variety of services that includes food aid (giving food rations to people) and often other services like agriculture education, market strengthening, health and nutrition education. For our project, [...]
The east African coast was, until last week or so, without fiber optic connection to the net. What that meant: connecting to the internet at a decent speed from East Africa had to be done using satellite connections and so was remarkably expensive. Add to that the fact that there’s not a lot of capital [...]