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iRevolution and FSI09 iRevolution is a fantastic blog by Patrick Philippe Meier that focuses on technology and innovative applications that "empower the individual to make better decisions for her or himself in times of crisis." Meier reviews technologies, techniques and approaches that allow individuals, groups and movements to foster "self-sufficiency, self-determination and self-survival facilitated by information communication technology." From Meier -
The normative motivation behind this blog is based on the recognition by “many scholars and practitioners that the techniques associated with strategic nonviolent social movements are greatly enhanced by access to modern information communication technologies, such as mobile telephony, short message service (SMS), email and the World Wide Web, among others” (Walker 2007).
Meier, a third-year Henry R. Luce PhD Candidate at The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy and a Doctoral Research Fellow at the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative (HHI), recently attended the Fletcher Summer Institute (FSI) for the Advanced Study of Nonviolent Conflict 2009. Everyone from "local and international NGOs, journalists, staff members of international institutions, think-tanks and research groups" attended the event to learn about topics like movement building, civil resistance and the role of diasporas in a resistance. The presentations are all very interesting and Meier did a great job summarizing them. Take a look below -
- FIS09: Introduction to Civil Resistance
- FSI09: Geopolitical Constraints vs Opportunities in Civil Resistance
- FSI09: Strategic Planning & Tactical Choices in Civil Resistance
- FSI09: Failed States and Civil Resistance
- FSI09: Lessons from Serbia’s Civil Resistance
- FSI09: Building a Movement for Civil Resistance
- FSI09: Economic Context of Nonviolent Resistance
- FSI09: Backfire, Legitimacy & Dividing Loyalties in Civil Resistance
- FSI09: Rechanneling Militancy in Nonviolent Struggle
- FSI09: Role of Diplomats & Diasporas in Civil Resistance
- FSI09: Law, Justice and Nonviolent Conflict
- FSI09: Media and Nonviolent Conflict
- FSI09: Repressive Strategies, Democratic Assistance & Civil Resistance
- FSI09: Civil Resistance in Democracies
- FSI09: The Future of Civil Resistance
These are all very interesting discussions and will give some context to the work a number of organizations and individuals that use our services engage themselves in.
