Humanetrix

Organization Description

The Humanetrix Foundation views information technology--the Internet in particular--as providing a powerful and nearly limitless set of tools which may be brought to bear on behalf of the public good. The promotion of human dialog, personal interconnectedness, cultural understanding, the cultivation of civil society, general life-long curiosity and the greater enjoyment of life are all at the heart of Humanetrix' mission and thus, the projects and educational initiatives they devise and support. All of

Humanetrix' endeavors aim to create communities, to interconnect with each other and to make information resources more accessible. Thus the foundation tries to insure that anyone can contribute to Humanetrix projects in many different ways. Some of the Foundation's notable projects include:

• The Citizens' toolkit - A project designed to make information about the workings of American democratic institutions more accessible and understandable to citizens.
• Humanthread - An oral history internet and web application whose purpose is to collect and archive the life experience of human beings and make the experience of their lives available to anyone via a web interface and assorted peer-to-peer networks.
• Polidox - A small project established to make available attractive and user-friendly versions of important political documents in XHTML.
• Teaparty - A topical and threaded web forum designed to facilitate discussion on topics of political importance and current debate.