Thematic Focus: ICTs & Information-related Items

Opportunities:

Employment: Associate Archivist, UNHCR [info]
- Apply by 23 November 2015.

Training: Country of Origin Information Blended Learning Course [info]
- Includes online training from 8 Feb.-4 March 2016 and face-to-fact meeting in Vienna on 10 March 2016.  Apply by 8 December 2015.

Publications:

Area of Origin – Communication Channels and Social Media Report: Syria (REACH, Sept. 2015) [text via ReliefWeb]

"Coding a Way Out of the Refugee Crisis," The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2015 [text]

Communication Access for Refugees: How Smartphones and Apps Have Helped and Why Wireless Internet Access Should Be in Humanitarian Aid Toolkits, Budapest, 22 Oct. 2015 [info]
- Follow link for summary and video of talk.

Democratic Access or Privileged Exclusion? A Workshop on the Preservation of and Access to Refugee Archives, London, 13 July 2015 [info]
- Follow link for report.

Humanitarian News: Changes, Challenges and Prospects, London, 21 Oct. 2015 [info]
- View roundup of discussion on Storify.

Humanitarian Technology: Revisiting the ‘Do No Harm’ Debate (ODIHPN Blog, Sept. 2015?) [text]

Responding! Public Libraries and Refugees (IFLA, Oct. 2015) [text]

Ten Lessons on Communicating with Communities in Complex Emergencies (ODIHPN Blog, Oct. 2015?) [text]

"Under the Gaze of the State: ICT Use and State Surveillance of Eritrean Refugees in Italy," Refugee Survey Quarterly, Advance Access, 30 Oct. 2015 [abstract]
- See also related master's thesis.

Using Social Media to Campaign for Stateless Children (ENS Blog, Sept. 2015) [text]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: ICTs, Innovation & Information-related Items (6 Oct. 2015)

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