DigitHarium | Month #6: Clarifying the fate of the Missing in the Digital Age
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DigitHarium | Month #5: Connectivity as aid, for aid, denial
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DigitHarium Month #4: Drones, eyes in the sky , and humanitarian operations
Drones, and the remote sensing technologies with which they are equipped, have a complicated history in humanitarian contexts. In much of the public consciousness, drones are inextricably linked to military uses: reconnaissance, surveillance and air strikes. However, those same technologies can be used for humanitarian purposes, improving organizations capacity to operate in hard-to-reach areas, dangerous terrains and changing circumstances. Article 14 May 2021
For this fourth DigitHarium month, we looked at how this much-discussed type of technology (drones and remote sensing) can be used in humanitarian operations, what advantages they might bring, and what are the key challenges that make their use more or less appropriate.