Crisis Management as Ethical Improvisation

Ethical challenges of participatory sensing for crisis information management

“Participatory Sensing is an approach to data collection and interpretation in which individuals, acting alone or in groups, use their personal mobile devices and web services to systematically explore interesting aspects of their worlds ranging from health to culture.”[ http://www.mobilizingcs.org/about/participatory-sensing] Data from the physical world of sensors and the virtual world of soc...

Improvisation as a Creative Dialogue

Improvisational Builder: Improvisation as Conversation

To participate in musical improvisations, an interacting system must both generate appropriate musical materials and express those materials appropriately in collaboration with other performers. We have used results from the study of conversation and discourse to identify the major components for a theory of improvisation—listening, composing, and realizing. Our goal is a framework based on a m...

Ethical reflections on the economic crisis.

In recent years, the Catholic Church has become increasingly concerned about the scourge of unemployment that plagues our society today and the corresponding struggles of workers in this country. A number of pastoral statements and social projects have been launched by church groups in national, regional and local communities as a response to various aspects of the emerging economic crisis. On ...

Crisis management.

RATIONALE While experiencing or witnessing highly traumatic events is still uncommon, it is clear that the frequency of such events is growing. Consequently, the risk faced by students, staff and the broader school community are also growing. Such events can impact considerably on the psychological well-being of students, teachers, and families having an adverse influence in areas such as learn...