Must . . . publish . . . every day . . .
Tomorrow I'm going to Pennsylvania to visit the in-laws, in particular to attend my brother-in-law's wife's baby shower. That's prosaic.
I was supposed to leave on a trip to Indonesia tomorrow. That's not.
Obviously, I've cancelled that trip. Colleagues there suggested we wait to see what happens over the next month or two. In truth, they were not particularly worried, but they recommended caution. Families here really didn't want us to go. Easy decision.
Why Indonesia? What the hell do I do? Perhaps I should offer something about my person.
Organizations of all types (NGOs both international and local, donors both government and foundation, businesses and corporations both local and multinational) operating in conflict zones or potential conflict zones need to know all about the context. They usually have a lot of information, but don't know how to process or organize it.
That's what I do: conflict context analysis. Using my field's jargon, we call it "Peace and Conflict Impact Analysis" (PCIA--the "Peace" was added after people decided the acronym might not be appropriate. Seriously). I do analysis of contexts and potential impacts on the conflict. I also teach others how to do it. I'd link to some of the tools, but most of the ones available on the web are simply not practical. Don't worry, I'll get around to a fuller discussion someday.
And since I'm not travelling, I really ought to be able to publish something better than this every day.