@alberto and I had a conversation with LiiV Center head anthropologist Katie Hillier today about a possible collaboration and funding possibilities. (notes with our presentation here)
She appreciated a lot the SSNA, both concept and tools and illustrated the journey they have in front:
- LiiV Center and UNESCO have signed a formal 4 year partnership aiming to upgrade and enhance digital anthropology tools making it a must-use science of the 21st century.
- They are still in the inception phase - officially the partnership starts in January
- Now they are “raising awareness and connecting to the various stakeholders”
- In the first 6 months they work on creating an innovation committee with UNESCO to draft a 4 year program
- Possible next step is to present the work in Davos in January?
From the innovation perspective, they want to:
- Understand how advanced the open source innovation is and how can it help
- Learn what is missing
- Round up potentially interesting solutions
In their eyes, ER could “get the stage – draw more attention to the field as a company that all the govts need to work with.”
Next steps: they will examine the material we sent them, share some of their material and their timeline.