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Richard Smyth's Blog – May 2010 Archive (7)

Evoke: Season Two -- The Comic

I created this with Comic Life: http://pages.emerson.edu/faculty/r/richard_smyth/evoke/Comic.html

I'll also paste the pages to my photos file....

Added by Richard Smyth on May 11, 2010 at 2:55am — 10 Comments

What Happens Next?

Here are some responses to the questions asked in this mission:



1. Which challenges and social problems should Evoke tackle next? Where to build Evoke communities? Who to encourage to play season 2?



One thought was the problem with Muslim extremism and Israel. If we don't promote harmony somehow among Muslims and the Western world, there will be continued conflict and we will not come together as a wh*** world, into one harmonious… Continue

Added by Richard Smyth on May 9, 2010 at 7:12pm — 1 Comment

Emergency Call to Action to All Artists and Poets

During a crisis, as was stated by Harvard's Nieman Guide for Crisis Journalism, it is important for people to have things to do and to make decisions--to help them manage their fear. I would call on artists and poets to organize a kind of online art/poetry therapy session for which people could contribute artistic representations of their fears and how… Continue

Added by Richard Smyth on May 7, 2010 at 10:20pm — 5 Comments

Psychological First Aid: Crisis Communication as Psychoenergonomics

I thought that the most interesting of the five secrets of crisis communication is the last one, about how people react in a pandemic. In the introduction, the site speaks of the need to administer "psychological first aid" (described as a "new concept") to help in managing panic in severe pandemics. I was surprised to find out that knee-jerk reactions are good and that they want people to overreact. This is better than denial which, though it protects us from the potentially harmful effects of… Continue

Added by Richard Smyth on May 7, 2010 at 9:30pm — 1 Comment

Ushahidi: Eastern Massachusetts

We just experienced a water crisis in eastern Massachusetts, and while it wasn't nearly as earth-shattering (literally!) as the earthquake in Haiti, it shows the kind of issues that may soon becoming more common in the first world. In this case, a water main broke, which contaminated water in central Massachusetts which fed communities in the eastern part of the state, including all of Boston. Haverhill is 30 miles north of Boston but was pretty close.... And so, imagining a water crisis--and… Continue

Added by Richard Smyth on May 7, 2010 at 7:37pm — No Comments

Haverhill MA: emergency management plan

I called the Mayor's office and found out that Police Chief Denaro is the Emergency Management Director. His assistant, who happens to live right up the street from me, is investigating whether or not it is available to distribute to the public. I'm sure that it is--he just has to follow protocol. When I get that, I'll be able to become familiar with it and share what I learn.



He asked, "Why do you want it?" I told him that I was playing a social networking game about changing the… Continue

Added by Richard Smyth on May 7, 2010 at 6:43pm — No Comments

Qiang Ethnic Group and western Sichuan’s forests

I chose to investigate the reforestation project of the Qiang ethnic group, who "mainly inhabit the valleys of the Minjiang River (a

main branch of the Yangtze) in Sichuan Province." The basic idea here is that they used the group's practice of planting trees in alternating rows so that they could also plant medicinal herbs in between the rows, in the shade from the trees. These herbs are part of their economy, and their practice of… Continue

Added by Richard Smyth on May 5, 2010 at 4:54pm — 1 Comment

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