Paul Resnick's Occasional MusingsPaul Resnick's Occasional Musings - LiveJournal.comA Lost Social Capital Opportunity- September 10, 2005 Briefly, I thought there might be an opportunity in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina for America to generate a huge amount of bridging social capital, as people with financial resources (enoguh to have a spare suite or apartment) offered assistance to people on a one-to-one basis. There's been a huge outpouring of offers. But the official response seems to be to prefer big shelters and commercial rentals for longer term, rather than person-to-person aid. The adopt-a-family program I've heard..http://presnick.livejournal.com/15046.html Mapping America's Generosity- September 10, 2005 We at the UM School of Information, with extraordinary help from people around the country, have been burning the midnight oil the past week, and have now launched a very cool interface to the many offers of housing that people have made online. See http:katrinahousing.net and click on "combined search".http://presnick.livejournal.com/14687.html Resistance to Private Housing Matches for People Displaced by Katrina- September 4, 2005 Here's a story about a flashpoint in the central control versus distributed self-organization drama thats been playing out in many ways throughout society in recent years, enabled at least in part by the Internet.There are many websites where people are offering private housing, free, to people displaced by Katrina. Weve been creating an aggregator site for those various websites (katrinahousing.net). This led us to learn that the U.S. Government and professional relief organizations like the...http://presnick.livejournal.com/14518.html |