I’m not sure what piqued my interest, but I first came across this article on crisis intervention in Haiti. I found it a fascinating intersection of development, open-source theory, crisis management, and rebuilding plans. In the past, I just assumed that governments and/or organizations knew the best way to rebuild. But, after Katrina, Iraq, references in the book The Shock Doctrine, and oh-so-many other examples, I see that they’re just as capable of failure. So, this is fascinating to see such a new approach on an old problem.
That article sent me to Architecture for Humanity’s website here and this wonderful brief presentation by the founder, Cameron Sinclair. I highly recommend the 3 minutes it takes to watch the presentation. (It also brought me back to the wonderful TED website — worth several other posts of its own.)
-nick
