Mapping Conflict

by Michelle . · 2009-09-27 18:13:00 UTC
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Mapping violent conflict on the internet is not only a useful educational tool, but also has the change conflict response systems. Here are a few links to conflicts mapping projects - if you know of others, please share them in the comments section:

In 2008, Ushahidi was created to map reports of post-election violence in Kenya -- the maps created citizens who reported incidents via text messages tracked violence that went unreported by traditional journalism and monitoring outlets. The Ushahidi model combines low-tech, user-friendly reporting mechanisms with high-tech information collection and presentation, the utility of which prompted the rapid expansion of the organization to other contexts.

The US Holocaust Memorial Museum partnered with Google to create an interactive map of the conflict in Darfur. New satellite images recently provided by the US State Department confirmed the destruction of over 3,300 villages, twice the number reported by earlier data. The project also now includes maps of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Enough Project created a Google map this week to track reports of violence in South Sudan.

Insight on Conflict, a UK-based organization that partners with local organizations in conflict-affected countries, created a map of local peace-building efforts in Sudan.

Of course, if good, old-fashioned paper maps are more your style, you can find enough to wall-paper your room at ReliefWeb's Map Centre, including the most recent map of villages destroyed in Darfur.

[Image from WikiCommons: Map of the main conflict zone in South Ossetia, 8 August 2008. Blue arrows show Georgian attacks, red show Russian.]

Michelle . has been involved in various activist endeavors, including the Teach Against Genocide pilot campaigns.
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