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Title: Human Network PEACE and ICT Research Initiative
Location:
Global
Categories: Digital Divide
Peace, Conflict & Governance
Children’s Rights
Status:
In Progress
Timeline:
November 1 04 to June 30 06
Description:
Twelve young researchers, working from ten geographically, culturally and economically diverse countries are investigating the co-influence of new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and Peace and Conflict.
Initiated as part of Phase III of the Toda Institute research program, the project is launched under the general theme “Peace, Education, Art, Culture, and Environment in a globalizing world” (hence the acronym PEACE). Selected as one of a small number of independent projects contributing to the new phase in Toda Institute's research program, the project is concerned with the problems and prospects of an emerging global society in confrontation and negotiation with the local circumstances.
The aim of the project is to analyze and identify possible relationships between conflicts and the set of technological and educational inequalities known as the digital divide. Each member of the research team is focusing, in their own local context as well as the global, on the confluence of new technologies/education and the quest for peace and equal opportunity. Thus, the research effort seeks to identify the perceptions of youths and other contributors to policy creation in diverse cultural and economic settings. It will make enquiry into the views and perceptions of youth towards possible implementation of new communication technologies for promotion of peace and tolerance.
The project is driven by young people from Pakistan, Macedonia (FYR), Israel, Nigeria, Brazil, Australia, Thailand, Finland, Nepal and the United States. Thus, the study will investigate different aspects of conflicts (cultural, socio-economic, etc.) from the point of view of youth, particularly focusing on the digital divide. Towards a better intercultural dialogue, the study will enquire into a variety of perceptions held by today's youths and their vision for the future, even where this vision challenges the existing policies and views. The research will gather ideas and opinions through essay input from young people, interviews with industry experts and policy contributors, and workshops held around the research topic, among other research methods.
The project will analyze and summarize the collected data and will produce a major output in the form of a book. The book will be a valuable reference material for peace researchers as a new generation seeks to understand peace and conflicts in the context of contemporary technologies and the society.
Noting that young people represent the major percentage of the victims (and perpetrators) in conflict conditions, the book will include extensive primary source data and opinions in addition to information drawn from expert discussions, seminars and written submissions.
Please visit our website for more information.
Objectives:
Identify many connections between the digital divide and social tensions/conflicts. Each participant will contribute one or more chapters to the final outcome which will be a book. We hope the book will be translated into 8 languages other than English to reflect the languages of the cultures from which much of the research will be drawn.
Needs:
Please see www.h-network.org/peace for information about project needs.
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