Geographic citizen science design:

Skarlatidou, Artemis; Haklay, Muki

doi:10.2307/j.ctv15d8174.25

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“…We employed different methods in various stages of the study. When designing the CitizenSensing participatory system, we applied a user-centred design approach (Baek et al, 2008; Skarlatidou and Otero, 2020) and geographic visualisation. In turn, when using the system to identify exposed areas and elicit practical implications of such information we conducted a case study with participatory mapping campaigns supplemented with two questionnaires.…”

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Identifying relevant volunteered geographic information about adverse weather events in Trondheim using the CitizenSensing participatory system

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et al. 2022

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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The study set out to investigate how the experience of creating a map-based participatory system might help identify what is needed to support the production of relevant volunteered geographic information (VGI) about urban areas exposed to impacts of adverse weather events in Trondheim, Norway. This article details the systematic approach used to collect VGI, starting from the active engagement of end users during the design and development process of the CitizenSensing participatory system, through using the system in two VGI campaigns, up to the examination of the collected data. Although the VGI examination identified exposed areas in Trondheim, for instance, those that are likely to accumulate surface water from heavy rains or meltwater, the experience gained from the use of the CitizenSensing system helped to identify some critical points regarding the production of relevant VGI. Potential practical implications justify the need for VGI. For instance, in the case of Trondheim, relevant VGI may result in better planned municipal interventions regarding city infrastructure for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers, increased public awareness and access to local knowledge about areas exposed to inundation. The study also confirmed the need for adequate system components for VGI vetting and exploration in the post-collection stage to obtain a comprehensive insight into collected VGI.

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confidence: 99%

Identifying relevant volunteered geographic information about adverse weather events in Trondheim using the CitizenSensing participatory system

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Navarra

et al. 2022

Environment and Planning B: Urban Analytics and City Science

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“…Members of online communities of amateurs that contribute by identifying species or reporting events are accessing platforms that borrow social media features such as forums, direct messaging, customisation of profiles, badges, and scores and ranks for users. Taken as a whole, these techniques of gamification are encouraged to keep participants contributing to the projects as well as producing interaction among them (Glas & Lammes, 2019; Skarlatidou & Haklay, 2020).…”

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Non‐experts’ participation in processes of scientific knowledge creation: The case of Citizen Science

Giardullo

2023

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Public participation in science and technology, is currently being encouraged in order to fulfil the calls for a more engaging, transparent, and ethical way of governing technoscientific innovation. Several institutional documents argue for the need to enrol non‐scientists into research programs; funding schemes devoted to public engagement seem to be paving the way for new baselines for knowledge creation and innovation paths that include the contributions of citizens. Citizen Science stands out as an opportune movement to lead non‐scientists to contribute to scientific research projects and technological innovation, and it has given rise to a broad debate intersecting many sociological aspects linked to participation and community empowerment. However, the participation of non‐scientists in data collection, analysis, and interpretation is not totally new; yet it has not had the same value across time, nor has it always been considered desirable. Indeed, volunteers' engagement and amateurs' contributions have been regulated differently compared to the current rhetoric of participation. This paper gives an account of the evolution of participation of non‐experts through the lens of Science and Technology Studies, investigating its desirability, how it is governed, and whether it matches the promises of Citizen Science practitioners.

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“…It relies on the meticulous design of Sapelli based on participatory design (Figure 2). The users and their needs remain at the centre of the design process (Sharp et al, 2019;Skarlatidou and Haklay, 2021). The role of the professional scientist consists in translating the user's data needs based on their broader socio-cultural and environmental problem definition and local knowledge to support the community to co-design and co-create appropriate data collection interfaces.…”

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“…The Sapelli platform plays a central role in facilitating the main ECS objective-which is to develop theories, tools, and methodologies to enable any community, anywhere, to engage in local citizen science research, mostly using a process of participatory mapping and inventory. From our research collaborations in the Congo Basin, the Amazon Basin and in other case studies (https://uclexcites.blog/; Skarlatidou and Haklay, 2021) maps have proved to be an accessible format for non-literate people to visualise and analyse the data they collected using Sapelli, and an efficient and appropriate form of communication between groups of different power and means (Lewis, 2012b). The density of information compressed into maps makes evidence quick to access and visually analyse, without the restrictions of linear, logical sequential representations more common in textual documentation that tend to be as often ignored by busy senior managers and decision-makers as they are by non-literate people (Lewis and Nkuintchu, 2012).…”

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Using Sapelli in the Field: Methods and Data for an Inclusive Citizen Science

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The Sapelli smartphone application aims to support any community to engage in citizen science activities to address local concerns and needs. However, Sapelli was designed and developed not as a piece of technology without a context, but as the technical part of a socio-technical approach to establish a participatory science process. This paper provides the methodological framework for implementing and using Sapelli in the field. Specifically, we present the role of Sapelli within the framework of an “Extreme Citizen Science” (ECS) methodology that is based on participatory design. This approach enables Sapelli’s users to decide, with the help of professional scientists, which challenges they wish to address, what data to collect, how best to collect and analyse it, and how to use it to address the problems identified. The process depends on the consent of participants and that the project is shaped by their decisions. We argue that leaving ample space for co-design, local leadership and keeping Sapelli deployment open-ended is crucial to give all people, and in particular non-literate people who we have found are often the most ecologically literate, access to the power of the scientific process to document and represent their concerns to outsiders in a way that all can understand, and to develop advocacy strategies that address the problems they identify.

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Geographic citizen science design:

Cited by 7 publications

References 161 publications

Identifying relevant volunteered geographic information about adverse weather events in Trondheim using the CitizenSensing participatory system

Identifying relevant volunteered geographic information about adverse weather events in Trondheim using the CitizenSensing participatory system

Non‐experts’ participation in processes of scientific knowledge creation: The case of Citizen Science

Using Sapelli in the Field: Methods and Data for an Inclusive Citizen Science

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