I’ve been sparked to a new concept. I’ve read a lot recently about perceived problems with humanitarian design. There is an argument that humanitarian design is not what it claims to be in terms of how one chooses to make a difference in the world and that using first-world ideals cannot solve third-world problems.

After reading some of these papers, I’ve decided that I want to start examining some of these concepts and clear things up for myself on whether humanitarian design is everything that is claims to be. To do this, I’ve decided to examine the One Laptop Per Child project (OLPC) and how their cutting edge computer design has changed the world. I chose the OLPC because I do believe in their core ideal of technology expanding educational opportunity and considering their upcoming release of the XO 3.0 tablet, there will be more information and coverage available on the organization than ever before.

I’m going to attempt to do this in a series of posts that I plan on putting together in a full paper at the end.

Get ready. Here comes something.