Action at a Distance: How do Ordinary People Self-organize Humanitarian Efforts Remotely and Collaboratively?

Takazawa, Aiko

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Title

Action at a Distance: How do Ordinary People Self-organize Humanitarian Efforts Remotely and Collaboratively?

Author(s)

Takazawa, Aiko

Issue Date

2014-03-01

Keyword(s)

• disasters
• citizen response
• self-organizing groups
• qualitative research

Abstract

New forms of citizen participation in disaster response continue to emerge as disasters create the need, and technology creates the opportunity. The rapidly evolving connectivity and technologically mediated environment promise to expand the role of citizens not only participating through organized efforts, but also self-organizing group efforts. Using a case study method, this research aims to describe and explain the dynamic processes of how ordinary people come into being as a group for humanitarian efforts and maintain evolving processes of collaborative activities over time. I am exploring these issues in the context of a small group that emerged online in response to the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. This poster presents the work-in-progress.

Publisher

iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2014 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

english

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/47375

DOI

https://doi.org/10.9776/14398

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